I am a writer. I hate poetry. I am a writer of anything but poetry. I can’t rhyme, and when I try to free verse, it turns into a passage of prose with random indentions. I don’t understand poetry. It doesn’t affect me the way a well worded conclusion to a novel or an exceptional characterization passage does. If emotion is to be portrayed, use enough words to create an impact. Who care if it rhymes with the corresponding word three lines up! Poetry restricts the power of words (unless you are an exceptional poet). Poetry is just too hard. Sometimes simple is better. That’s why I hate poetry.