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first of all, you do realize that poetry is the oldest form of literature? ever wonder why the "novel" is called that? because it was new. the first artistic expression of every civilization's language was in the form of poetry. [/ QUOTE ] No, I didn't. But I don't see how this important. The Native Americans were the first people in America and now they're pretty much ignored. I highly recommend that poetry go the same way. [ QUOTE ] second of all, do you listen to rock bands or other popular music? if so, do you think those guys putting words to music and singing them is "gay" too? [/ QUOTE ] Completely irrelevant. I'm listening to actual music being played. I can't say I place a lot of importance on lyrics although catchiness is key. There is NOTHING CATCHY about poetry, and there is NO MUSIC. |
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[/ QUOTE ] and there is NO MUSIC. [/ QUOTE ] You are balls-out wrong. The music is in the rhythm of the words, the way they roll over your tongue and out of your mouth. Sadly, you are completely deaf to it's beauty. |
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This Is Just To Say
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold. -- William Carlos Williams I think that's a poem that doesn't suck. |
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If I actually forced myself to read that I would kill myself. [/ QUOTE ] I'm surprised you haven't read it before. |
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SHE HAD THE JUGS
Yes, she was witty; she was intelligent. She was born of high station. She spoke and walked proudly. She was the kind who displayed nobility, who showed style and class. But above all, she had the jugs. Many people called her by her last name; some closer friends had a confidence with her and shared the intimacy of her first name. But to me, she was always "Lady jugs a-plenty." It is true. She was clever and she was charming, but above all, she had the jugs. I thought this was a poem, and found out it wasn't. I decided to post it anyway. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] |
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The Panther
His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world. As he paces in cramped circles, over and over, the movement of his powerful soft strides is like a ritual dance around a center in which a mighty will stands paralyzed. Only at times, the curtain of the pupils lifts, quietly--. An image enters in, rushes down through the tensed, arrested muscles, plunges into the heart and is gone. -Rilke |
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-Going out on a limb here with an original...
End of a Fling She wanted to go shopping we drove through the rain laughing at the other cars at the market the sky was tearing open wet I ran inside grabbed condoms and beer the clerk laughing slid them through we drove back laughing and touching each other until she asked me why one of my eyes was in the sky it's because of another woman I said I asked you not to talk about those things she said but we had grown closer in the past weeks and I figured I'd test the places where we had joined with a little shot of truth why not we were lovers between the hours up in my apartment the rain was lightly drumming the windows and the air was humid and silent I put on Massive Attack and we drank and she told me she had secrets of men and drunken lovemaking I laughed somewhere beneath jealosy she was sitting on the floor and peeling the colors off of her sweating beer bottle I was on the couch smoking tobacco that my lover of the hours had brought me from across an ocean she got up and sat next to me and soon we were kissing and we didn't have to worry about words anymore I got on my knees and kissed her between the legs and she brought me into the bedroom where I kissed her to her climax and after I asked for her body the condom was sticky and thin and one of her eyes was in the ceiling and after a while she said that it hurt so we stopped and she curled up in a ball and I asked if I could masturbate she said sure and asked me to set the alarm for seven thirty and asked why I took off the condom and I said that we didn't need it and began I've never just watched before she said |
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Re: Poetry sucks
Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit He took the midnight train goin' anywhere A singer in a smokey room A smell of wine and cheap perfume For a smile they can share the night It goes on and on and on and on Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching in the night Streetlight people, living just to find emotion Hiding, somewhere in the night Working hard to get my fill, everybody wants a thrill Payin' anything to roll the dice, just one more time Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on Don't stop believin' Hold on to the feelin' Streetlight people |
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Re: Poetry sucks
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[ QUOTE ] first of all, you do realize that poetry is the oldest form of literature? ever wonder why the "novel" is called that? because it was new. the first artistic expression of every civilization's language was in the form of poetry. [/ QUOTE ] No, I didn't. But I don't see how this important. The Native Americans were the first people in America and now they're pretty much ignored. I highly recommend that poetry go the same way. [ QUOTE ] second of all, do you listen to rock bands or other popular music? if so, do you think those guys putting words to music and singing them is "gay" too? [/ QUOTE ] Completely irrelevant. I'm listening to actual music being played. I can't say I place a lot of importance on lyrics although catchiness is key. There is NOTHING CATCHY about poetry, and there is NO MUSIC. [/ QUOTE ] Why even bring the Native Americans up? This has nothing to do with Native Americans. He said that poetry was the first form of written expression for EVERY civilization. I know you're an ignorant [censored] who just wants to make a controversial thread... "Oh, look at me, I hate something that everyone generally regards as good." Seriously though, you should just give up man. |
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