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# Emperor's Old Clothes
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/emperors-old-clothes/
- Published: 2022-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: I've reached the age when one eschews new forms. Those brave endeavors better left to those residing in their swanky ivy dorms, or those receiving Pulitzers for prose that masquerades as poetry in print. I can abide g...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

I've reached the age when one eschews new forms.  
Those brave endeavors better left to those  
residing in their swanky ivy dorms,  
or those receiving Pulitzers for prose  
that masquerades as poetry in print.  
I can abide geometry as art:  
Picasso, at the least, won't make you squint.  
But adjectives assembled ala carte  
and bent to shapes no stanza should allow;  
as eyes glaze over, accolades and stars  
accumulate, the poet takes a bow...  
Let beatniks read them in forgotten bars,  
and ooohs and aaahs dress emperors in gold,  
these are not poems. And now mine's been told.