C-Peg likes my poetry, why don't you?

[BlueIris]

[Guava Jelly]

1. I haven't read them yet

Been to busy goofing off to read them.
I did a daily picture thread for awhile but stopped because very few people even looked at them.
I rarely responded to retros poetry threads unless they touched me on a personal level
It is a lot of work to come up with a good poem every day and the payoff is pretty small.
So i wouldn't sweat it.
Many days his poetry threads had 3 or less responses yet he still did them.

[BlueIris]

2. Maybe I would get more responses if I posted them in GD.

No, I'm serious.

[hfojvt]

3. to me poems are supposed to rhyme

otherwise it's just an essay with poor sentence construction.

and 'cream coloured lovely'? Most of the white people I know try to tan that whiter shade of pale look away, especially women. Beyonce, Hallie Berry, Whitney Houston. I thought black was beautiful and in the eye of the beholder anyway.

But I did not take the poll either.

[BlueIris]

5. Well, in defense of Chirlane McCray, firstly, she's not American,

(I think she's from Canada) and also, I believe that poem was written in the early '80s. So if her perspectives on ethnicity seem weird or alien to an American reader, those might be the reasons why. But whatever. And if free verse isn't your thing, it isn't your thing, and that's fine.

I will be posting some poems in form (some of which will probably even rhyme). I like formal verse, too, but my first introduction to poetry was free verse in early childhood, and it took me a couple of years to learn that it was a relatively "new" idea in the world of literature. And I still have to stretch my brain a little to see formal verse as equal to free verse in terms of technical complexity and originality (my first impression of most of it is that it's too constricted and antiquated to be brilliant art).

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

24. The constrictions are exactly what make it brilliant.

Free verse is little more than garbled prose. There IS a use for free verse, but it is very limited and vastly overused by this generation of poets.

The constrictions of writing in formal verse are precisely the reason the old poets were masters. They took complex and chaotic feelings, situations, emotions and put them into something rigid and firm. They gave form to chaos. The rhythm and measure all add to the meaning and symbolism of the poem. The great poets didn't choose to write a villanelle or sonnet because that was their whim of the day - they chose those styles because it reflected something they were trying to convey.

If one only, or even predominantly writes in free verse without being able to at least prove that it was a choice based upon the poem itself, and NOT because that's the only form of poetry they can handle, their work cannot even be called poetry in the first place.

[Wetzelbill]

6. blasphemy!!!!

Poems are supposed to be poems. In fact, excessive rhyming pretty much kills them. But then again, I am a major dork when it comes to writing.

Words are like religion. We are blessed to have language. To not utilize unique and beautiful ways to express language, is a waste of our skills. Words hold a certain honor and dignity to them. When you read poetry, look at it like you are looking at a beautiful painting. When you look at a painting, you acknowledge subtleties. The colors. The shadows. The texture. The overall meaning. Do that with poems. Forget that they don't rhyme, and are structured a certain way. Look for the little things. The beauty in those words. Then you will learn to love poetry.

[Inchworm]

4. I like the ones I catch

I like most poetry. I haven't been DUing hardcore lately and probably misses a few. The ones I've seen were good though.

I may have even posted. I usually do on poetry to keep it bumped so all the world can see :)

:hi:

[wildhorses]

7. according to what i saw of retro's poetry threads....

DON'T expect a lot of responses. i was hoping it would initiate a conversation but, did not seem to do that. take comfort in the views column. poetry seems to intimidate some people. me? i just say what i feel;)

thanks for doing it:hug:

:hi:

[BlueIris]

8. Kick.

[The Straight Story]

9. Cause you don't like mine!

:rofl:

Seriously, have not seen it.

Would ya like to see mine, cause I want to see yours :)

[BlueIris]

12. Keep reading, TSS; I have some great poems picked out just for you.

[The Straight Story]

14. Will do my friend, and will toss out some of mine here tonight as well

Poetry is the gateway to the soul.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. I tried to write a poem today

THE FAILURE

I tried to write
a poem today:
An Epic from
my life to say.
I didn't do
too good at it:
I drank some rum
and lost my wit.
(It's hard enough
the best of times
to find the good,
the perfect rhymes!)
Oh well, I guess
I'll try again
tomorrow, but
this time with gin....

© 2007 Steven A. Hessler
All Rights Reserved


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I guess nobody likes MY stuff either... :cry:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear Prisoner_Number_Six....

I like your poetry a lot, sweetie...

I really do, OK?

:hug:

[skygazer]

20. That's cute - I wrote this years ago in an English class

Assignment – English 114

I have to write a sonnet by next week,
Adhering strictly to poetic form.
I have a feeling I am up the creek
Without a paddle, in a raging storm.
I’ve never written poetry like this –
Just idle stuff; a limerick or two.
What topic should I touch on? Love’s first kiss?
A broken heart? A touch of Asian flu?
I never realized it could be so hard.
The Shakespeares of the world just make it sing.
Of course, I never claimed to be a bard,
Or, maybe, poetry’s just not my thing.

(Yet in the course of trying to get done
I find the process starting to be fun)

[BlueIris]

23. Hee. I love it. nt

[SeattleGirl]

11. I like it!

:hi:

[idgiehkt]

13. I've liked everyone I've seen so far

Lovely. Thanks for posting them. :)

[BlueIris]

16. Good, good.

And I'm just warming up.

[EFerrari]

17. It's sort of strange but for those of us who are poets

there is this thing we need to get, feedback or whatever.

But, it's not the most important thing. The most important thing, imho, is when your ear gets so tuned up that you can predict what people will enjoy.

:)

[RetroLounge]

18. What--there are poetry threads in the Lounge?

:rofl:

:hi:

RL

[BlueIris]

19. Tee hee. I know you feel my pain.

I'm looking at things a bit more realistically now that I've seen how few people here like, read, or engage with poetry. Sigh. My threads will just have to be for the eight or so Loungers who enjoy and/or appreciate poetry.

[RetroLounge]

25. Look at the views. Not the comments...

I was amazed at who was reading them regularly, but never posting...

Those GD'ers sneak over and read them too...

RL

[skygazer]

21. I've been enjoying it

I'm sorry I don't post anything - a lot of times I can't really think of anything to say. I read and kind of roll it over and digest it. But I did save the one entitled "Elegy For My Mother's Breasts" - it made me cry and there was no way I could have expressed what I felt reading it.

Please continue to post them - I'll try to leave comments. :hi:

[BlueIris]

22. You...you SAVED it? Awesome! (That's what I did after I first read it.)

Thanks. That makes this alllll worthwhile.