What is this poem about to you? What do you think the overall mood is?

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The Beep Beep Poem:

i should write a poem
but there's almost nothing
that hasn't been said
and said and said
beautifully, ugly, blandly
excitingly
stay in school
make love not war
death to all tyrants
where have all the flowers gone
and don't they understand at kent state
the troopers will shoot . . . again

i could write a poem 
because i love walking
in the rain
and the solace of my naked
body in a tub of water
cleanliness may not be next
to godliness but it sure feels
good

i wrote a poem
for my father but it was so constant
i burned it up
he hates change
and i'm baffled by sameness
-Nikki Giovanni

B · Accepted Answer

personally, i think that the poet is talking about his feelings of desperation to express oneself while feeling trapped by the thought of the "need" to have a new idea in order to write, but he is showing his "realization" (for lack of better wording) that expresses his knowledge that writing doesn't have to portray a new or overwhelming idea, but it is to express ones self

but that might just be me... anyways, hope this helps ^_^ B

Dee · Answer

Um it kinda makes no sense. It's very choppy sounding and it doesn't flow very well.

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What is this poem about to you? What do you think the overall mood is?

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