American Poetry Today

Poetry, to some crazy literature guys and some nerds future bosses, is an expression, a demonstration of their feeling. To them, poetry is a kind of art, masterpiece that can only be appreciated by people with passion (more exactly nerdiness, I have passion for games and Facebook yet I fail to appreciate poetry...zzz) In fact, I detest poetry. They cause me great pain for showing up in SAT I... However, my hatred is directed solely to the very original poem itself, not its side product. The new modern poem hidden in our society nowadays is commonly known as rap. Raps not only use rhymes like poems, but also use sounds to fill the syllable gaps, like the most common, yayaya, yo yo yo , YEAH!!! Like I said, the original poems are useless in my life. I am a math guy, science guy, and slightly barely art guy, NOT LITERATURE GUY!!!! But, rap is now an indispensable part of my life. The fast beat allows me to think better. (I think with beats, so faster means I think faster!! ) For other people now, poetry only mean marks and points for English students and "expression" for some literature weirdos (oops..scratch that) elites.