Slam Poetry

You know what I hate?

I hated writing this poem!

I hate being asked to write a poem,

about something I hate

It’s like scraping your fingernail across a chalkboard,

Like a mosquito in my ear all night long.

I hate the fact that there is hate in this world!

I hate the way that people search out hate,

who look for anything,

and blame anyone for what they are feeling;

hate!

If I’m going to be a peace promoter,

can’t I just write about something positive like happy little elves or sunny bright sunflowers??

Why can’t others think happy things too?

I hate it that we hate so much,

When we were put on this hateful earth to love.

Hate infiltrates everything that we see and do,

Everything that is good and holy and pure is transformed into negative emotions.

I hate hate;

that people hate things,

and hate other people too.

If you want me to hate,

then I hate you.

When writing this poem, I had to really get myself internally worked up to be able to produce results. I had previously written a poem, which took a long time to write, and the product was probably the worst I had ever done. I realised that this was most likely because I was not riled up over it at all; in the whole scheme of things, it wasn't really that important. This poem, however, is truth that I believe, and though I only spent about five minutes writing it, and though it is both hypocritical and ironic, it came from the heart. I 'm not sure if I would say that writing slam poetry is easier than writing any other type of poetry, because I always find it easier, with better results, to write poetry about things that I am passionate about. The slam poetry was also fun to present; if there was a subject that i was REALLY passionate about, I'm sure it could be very dramatically presented. =]]