Jane

Cannot be plain, come on people.  I see this as becoming the number one common truth in modern poetry.  There are enough words in the English language to fill up an abyss, yet we use words that are commonplace.  If you watch Bill O'reilly at all, and I don't care if you do, then you know there are some great words out there like bellwether, raucous, poltroon, et cetera.  Use these words, go to Dictionary.com and look up unique and unusual words.


Create a poem that pulls the reader in and makes them thinks but still draws a fantastic picture.  That is to say we want to see grandeur and delusions damn it! :)