This is an Angel Army Review:

If I am reading correctly, "Invalid Item"  is attempting to be bad poetry on purpose for a contest to see what's the worse you can produce? I see it rated just above one star and taking a cue from the description line for this old one. The least you could have done was gotten the syllable count wrong.  

It's a short piece. Let's recap, anyway:

Look at that skinny
naked tree! All its leaves fell
off onto the ground.

At least these broken sentences misalign on the lines, rather than each being stand alone, which is typically done. So, off to a bad start. Second, it's not too expressive, just directly states what it's describing, so another strike. Though a few descriptive words were applied. And though the summation is connected to the second line rather than reflecting on the first tow lines, it functions.

The use of the narrative is carefree and whimsical, using a word like 'skinny' to describe the tree and expressing how the leaves all fell on the ground. The poem mocks the bare tree in a childish fashion, employing a word like 'naked' that might make a middle-schooler blush. It has a narrative style. You're doing it all wrong/well, it's kinda good.

And if you gave it a front-end alignment, you might have a perfectly functioning haiku here. Let me try:

Look at that skinny tree!
All its leaves fell to the ground
Naked for winter

Hope this rendition is favorable to your old one. I really like considering these short forms, the basis for much free verse. It's a worthy form to consider, even when just messing around with it to make it look bad. I think you failed at failing.

Pleasure to read and comment,

Brian




My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .