New reply from Susan Katz
<p>Love this! While, as a poet and teacher of poetry, I might find places where editing would work, I'm just going to say – well done! You captured a wonderful feeling and elicited a hearty chuckle. Thank you so much for sharing your "poetry hack!" – Susan</p>
https://poetladykatz.com/poetry-talk/hack-poetry
Original Post by m_uzair_ans
Hack Poetry
<p>For the splendid art of versification </p>
<p>I have found an adoration recently </p>
<p>But uninitiated in it's intricacies </p>
<p>Is quite sadly what I happen to be </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I possess no knowledge of composition </p>
<p>Nor do I know of devices poetic </p>
<p>Yet through utilization of some hacks </p>
<p>My verses turn out far from pathetic </p>
<p> </p>
<p>In the sea of my subpar linguistic skills </p>
<p>On tides of vocabularic deficiency </p>
<p>My boat of hack poetry stays afloat </p>
<p>Due to my thesaurus raiding frequency </p>
<p> </p>
<p>A simple consistency of syllables </p>
<p>Effectively conceals my incompetence </p>
<p>And by the grace of fancy synonyms </p>
<p>I merrymake in my feigned eloquence </p>
<p> </p>
<p>My expertise in the concept of rhythm </p>
<p>Is a hundred percent non-existent </p>
<p>so I switch and shift my words around</p>
<p>Until the piece sounds fairly pleasant</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Very shamelessly I search the internet </p>
<p>In pursuit of rhymes for the words I tote </p>
<p>And in this way despite my shortcomings</p>
<p>I row forth in my hack poetry boat </p>
<p> </p>