This Is Not Poetry

Well, I’ve finally finished the poetry unit I did this semester. I still haven’t exactly learned how to write poetry — other than that there’s a lot of vague, philosophical artsy stuff involved — but I did discover humour goes over well, especially when it’s self-deprecating.
This cute little number somehow scraped me an 80% mark. Try to imagine it being read in a sarcastic, deadpan snarker kind of voice.
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Bad Poetry
This
Is not poetry;
Just ordinary sentences
Broken apart.
These line breaks
Inserted semi-randomly
Will not fool
Anyone.
The writer
Is obviously quite
ill-informed,
or perhaps just stupid.
He may argue
This style is experimental
Post-postmodern
With layers of meta
But
He is still no bard;
Perhaps a poet,
Definitely a hack.
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It literally is just ordinary sentences I broke apart at random to show how hopeless I am at writing free form poetry, so go figure. I guess the point of poetry is to just be pessimistic about everything. Could this be why really angsty Tumblr kids write so much of it? Maybe I’m onto something here…