Poetry sucks

[istewart]

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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.


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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.

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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?

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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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and there is NO MUSIC.

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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.

[istewart]

Yep.

[shant]

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.

[fluxrad]

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If I actually forced myself to read that I would kill myself.

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I'm surprised you haven't read it before.

[CourtesyFlush]

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]

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

-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

[Neal_Schon]

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

[BreakEvenPlayer]

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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.


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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.

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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?

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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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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.