You Don’t Argue with a Poem

Your Don’t Argue with a Poem

His sister read some of his poetry
and wanted to argue him out of it.
It wasn’t that it didn’t sound right –
it just didn’t sound right. 

The philosophy didn’t make sense
and it wasn’t real world–
it wasn’t in accordance with the values
by which he had been raised.
It wasn’t,
and it wasn’t,
and it wasn’t! 

and very little about
what it was. 

Arguing with a poem is like arguing with a symphony
you either like it, or you don’t.
It doesn’t need to make a point
it moves you, or it doesn’t
works for you, or not. 

Arguing doesn’t change anything
it’s just arguing.
Beside if you argue too much with a poet
he may write a poem about you arguing
and then you will really have something
to argue about. 

So leave the poor brother poet alone. 

You are not supposed to argue with a poem.

Ray Brown

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