#3: Free Thought

A list of my favorite words:

-Yeoman
-Metamorphosis
-Rue
-Articulate
-Billowy
-Populace
-Joviale
-Bastardize
-Blithe

I think most words can be used in poetry, and any subject typically can, if the poet knows what they are doing. However, I do think that words should make the reader think. I do have a list of words and themes that I believe do not make for good poetry.

-Shall: I am guilty of this one, I used this word a lot back in my younger days. Sounds nice, but it doesn't mean that you are being poetic.
-Your boyfriend who broke your heart in the 5th grade.
-Celebrity worship poems: i.e. ones about Josh Hartnett.
-Overly vulgar words: Poop, turds, snot, fart, ham wallet, toe jam, and well...you get the point.

Some puns, most of them I laughed at because I am that lame.

-Why does Joe go to the fish market every Saturday? For the Halibut!!!
-Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
-There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'.
-Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much.

The second one, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.