I have never read a poem about poetry. Your poem made me ponder about what poetry actually means to me and perhaps to others. Here are my thoughts:

Poetry is a form of expression that brings the million-mile-a-minute thoughts to an abrupt halt without having to write an introduction, plot, and ending. Poems enable the poet to articulate a glimpse of his/her feelings, point of views, and thoughts.

Some poems are just random thoughts scribbled down to describe an experience. Other poems are written to communicate deeper feelings with the ability to hide what we truly want to convey. In a poem you are able to express love without ever using the word “love”; you are able to express hate without using the word “hate”.  

Poems can be very long (i.e. The Illiad by Homer) or very short. I like “Jetzt” by Barbara Rosenfeld, a poem written in German that actually depicts some of what I am conveying.

Jetzt

In dieser Minute, die jetzt ist
und die man gleich wieder vergisst,
hab’ ich Dich lieb
und denke an Dich.

Roughly translated:

Now

In this minute, that is now
and which is forgotten at once
I love you
and think of you.

Words are powerful and can be interpreted in many different ways. As an example; think of the word “wretchedness.” What comes to mind when you hear it? “Wretchedness” sounds negative and some of its synonyms are: mean, terrible, very bad, despicable; but you are able to romanticize even the negative in poetry.  “Wretchedness” also means forlorn, gloomy, depressed, melancholy:

wretchedness – in a long white nightgown she walked in the ocean, never to return.

Whether or not a poem is long or short, metaphorically written or straight forward; all poems describe a moment, an instant – a fraction in time of raw human life and experiences to be forever remembered.  

(With love from Mom)

:) now this poem... maybe its written for laughs?

i like it anyhow.