Poetry is a load of horse **** waste of time and most people intrinsically know it.

Ishmael

paleoperson wrote: »

The whole point of language is to communicate, to be clear, and sometimes to provoke feeling. Meanwhile poetry is about making vague statements that are supposed to be "symbols" of something else.

Poetry is all pretentious nonsense. It's elitism in its purest form. People feel like they "get it", they're part of an elite group of people.

If a single person here has respect for or actually reads or even buys poetry - what do you get out of it? How does it improve your life?

Everyone else, what do you think of poetry.

You don't like poetry, fine,
don't make it your burden.
Stop your petty whine
and be a happy person.

If you don't like poetry, that's ok, but don't belittle it just because you don't like it or "get" it. There is an endless amount of other things in life to enjoy, go try one of them.

Graces7

paleoperson wrote: »

The whole point of language is to communicate, to be clear, and sometimes to provoke feeling. Meanwhile poetry is about making vague statements that are supposed to be "symbols" of something else.

Poetry is all pretentious nonsense. It's elitism in its purest form. People feel like they "get it", they're part of an elite group of people. "

Philistine !

Capt'n Midnight

Graces7 wrote: »

paleoperson wrote: »

The whole point of language is to communicate, to be clear, and sometimes to provoke feeling. Meanwhile poetry is about making vague statements that are supposed to be "symbols" of something else.

Poetry is all pretentious nonsense. It's elitism in its purest form. People feel like they "get it", they're part of an elite group of people. "

Philistine !

It took a long time to become a Druid in Ireland. You'd be an apprentice till long past the expected life expectancy. Lots and lots of poetry on the syllabus.

Because before writing epic poems were the way to transfer knowledge through generations.

Think of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, or the Epic of Gilgamesh or the Táin Bó Cúailnge




They are all contemporary pop tunes compared to the stories of the Australians. Geologically verified events from over 40,000 years ago passed down.

owlbethere

2020 is a load of sh1te,
A virus came and gave us all a fright,
Sickness and isolation,
And lockdown nations,
A vaccine will bring us huge delight.


From Owlbethere

if poetry isnt your thing
if you find that the rhythms dont sing
give reading a shot
and be glad-or, if not,
give music a go, you might love it

and if music it just doesnt stir you
then art might just do it. or, sher, you
might just not like stuff
thats not simple enough
like this line rhyming with that above it

Antares35

Yea. And there's almost a ban on it rhyming too.

Antares35

Antares35 wrote: »

Yea. And there's almost a ban on it rhyming too.

theres no ban on anything rhyming
or dictating scansion, or timing
the charge is confusing
(though somewhat amusing)
its optional. why are you whining?

paleoperson

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

It took a long time to become a Druid in Ireland. You'd be an apprentice till long past the expected life expectancy. Lots and lots of poetry on the syllabus.

It took many years of hard training to become a witchdoctor or alchemist as well - doesn't mean they were useful.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Because before writing epic poems were the way to transfer knowledge through generations.

Think of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, or the Epic of Gilgamesh or the Táin Bó Cúailnge

I already addressed this and excluded those from the discussion. I'm not even sure if they should be counted as poems for exactly that reason - because that's how they passed down tales. The rhyming and structures heavily assisted their recall before writing, especially to get the exact words. Also as I understand it a lot of oral works were intended to be sung - would you consider rap to be poetry because it rhymes?

BorneTobyWilde

Poetry is cool, and can be about anything. Time for bed


I shut my eyes in darkness deep
Awaiting the embrace of sleep
My sweet escape from a world of lies
And foes wearing a friend's disguise

Serenely falling upon sleep's hands
I submit myself to her commands
She slowly lets my mind fall still
Then empties it for dreams to fill

"i dont like that"
is a valid statement
but it doesnt itself
aid in any abatement


and -more than once- rap has been cited
as a mode of the form to be slighted
i dunno why the mic drop
at the mention of hip hop-
that seems to me somewhat shortsighted?

Antares35

[Deleted User] wrote: »

theres no ban on anything rhyming
or dictating scansion, or timing
the charge is confusing
(though somewhat amusing)
its optional. why are you whining?

A statement isn't a whine.

a statement mightnt be a whine
but i had to find a word to rhyme

biko

“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”

― D.H. Lawrence,

Dtp1979

sabat wrote: »

Or fapping to Gina Gerson

Holy Fcuk,
I looked her up,
I know her face, that’s gas,
She’s still a hot piece of ass,
I can’t believe she’s 58,
Good choice mate