Thread: Poetry?

I must say that Ezra's poem is more to my taste than Liz's. I find the latter to be too prosy, and I have never liked the prose poem much.

I find the structure imposed by the discipline of cadence and rhythm (of traditional poetry) lends itself much better to the use of a more vivid, or perhaps personal and internalised, word imagery. I prefer my poetic images to be painted with parsimony and the interpretation left to the reader's experience and world view; not garrulousness with any ambiguities removed or clarified and the reader led by the nose to the conclusion the writer wants them to come to.

But hey! Give me a baudy limerick any day!

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I must say that Ezra's poem is more to my taste than Liz's. I find the latter to be too prosy, and I have never liked the prose poem much.

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But hey! Give me a baudy limerick any day!

James.

There was and old maid form Peru,
Who swore she'ld never screw.
Except under stress,
Of forceful duress,
Like "I'm ready dear, are you?"

Poems such as the inaugural choice really do make me feel like a heathen. I read them & think ' what a load of absolute tosh'
I can appreciate poetry, but when you take a few paragraphs & read them in a whimsical voice, it just doesn't make it poetry for me!
Could be i'm a bit too traditional, could be that i don't have the intellect, could be that they're pretentious cr@p.

I'm not smart enough to understand alot of poetry. I've got a book of TS Elliott poems that are completely baffling. I am okay with that. I don't understand alot of things.

Mark, if it were the inaugural poem of John McCain do you think you'd like it better?

Hey, six more posts!

Originally Posted by icedog

I'm not smart enough to understand alot of poetry. I've got a book of TS Elliott poems that are completely baffling. I am okay with that. I don't understand alot of things.

Mark, if it were the inaugural poem of John McCain do you think you'd like it better?

Hey, six more posts!

Well. that was the easiest 20 bucks I have ever made!
Brad, if it was my wifes poem I wouldn't like it.

Originally Posted by JMS

Well. that was the easiest 20 bucks I have ever made!
Brad, if it was my wifes poem I wouldn't like it.

Que? How you make 20 bucks easy?

I heard the author's husband doesn't get it either.

I was a bouncer in a club in Portsmouth, NH while my ship was in the yard up there. Once upon a time the Bruebeck Brothers (Dave's sons) played there. Their music was way over my head. It was ridiculously complex. They'd introduce a song and say something like, "The next song is written in 145 over 9 time." It was iimpossible for me to find any beat in it al all. After the show, Darius Bruebeck sits at the bar next to me and asks, "So what'd you think of our music?"

"I hate to admit it but I don't think I'm smart enough to appreciate your work."

"Dad doesn't always like it either."

Hey. four more!!

Originally Posted by icedog

Que? How you make 20 bucks easy?

I was betting that not only would you make an appearance in this thread but that you would wonder aloud whether I would like the poem better if it was McCains inaugural!
I guess I owe you a thanks!

Originally Posted by Jimbo

But hey! Give me a baudy limerick any day!

James.

For you James, this very old school boy limerick:

There once was an old man of Leeds
Who swallowed a packet of seeds,
Great tufts of grass
Shot out of his arse
And his **** was covered in weeds.

Remplace the **** by the end of the name of the famous film director, Alfred Hitch****

Originally Posted by Ockham

For you James, this very old school boy limerick:

There once was an old man of Leeds
Who swallowed a packet of seeds,
Great tufts of grass
Shot out of his arse
And his **** was covered in weeds.

Remplace the **** by the end of the name of the famous film director, Alfred Hitch****

And I was going to add something about a man from Nantucket....

Jordan

There was a young man named McGoo
Whose limericks stopped at line two.