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Poetry nossy Send a noteboard - 08/11/2010 03:17:15 AM
Do you think that poetry deserves a wider readership?

I think maybe it will have to be what it is. I certainly wouldn't want to try to convince someone to be interested in poetry.

Do bookstores with no designated poetry section but entire shelves full of Ayn Rand and Bibles make you angry?

Yes, because it Should Be.

If you had a beautiful little bookstore and could stock it with whatever you wanted, wouldn't you have a section devoted to poetry?

Yes, but I can't name what would be in it.

Why is poetry important?

Because it is a form of literature.

Also:

What are your favorite poems?

I am not the best person to answer your survey. I only have a few favorites, and they are more because of family than because they are excellent: "Barbara Frietchie," "The Cremation of Sam McGee," "The House with Nobody in It," "The Bells," "Little Boy Blue," "Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout*." Etc.

Who are your favorite poets?

This is why I may not be the best replier.:P I have no idea.

How did you discover them?

Family. My grandma, uncle and father loved to read them to us around Christmas. Some of the above poems are not all that interesting until read by someone who knows how. We all own A Treasury of the Familiar.
Why should I read them? I am compiling a christmas list, and need to know.

I don't know whether you should. I love them (can barely get through BF and CoSM w/o crying), but I'm not sure how anyone else would feel about them.

I'll make links:

BF: http://www.bartleby.com/102/81.html

CoSM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJNZwuamwj0&feature=related

House: http://www.poetry-archive.com/k/the_house_with_nobody_in_it.html

Bells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m75-812-sj4&feature=related

LBB: http://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/poemsofchildhood/littleboyblue.html

SCSS: http://mste.illinois.edu/courses/ci407su01/students/north/kristy/Project/K-Poem-Net.html

*I highly doubt this is what you're looking for, but I love Silverstein. :P
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Poetry: Novo - 08/11/2010 02:07:39 AM 1660 Views
Re: Poetry: Gaps - 08/11/2010 02:31:01 AM 1195 Views
Answers from someone indifferent. Darth_Katie - 08/11/2010 02:57:38 AM 1108 Views
Poetry nossy - 08/11/2010 03:17:15 AM 1187 Views
Re: Poetry: Larry - 08/11/2010 04:13:38 AM 1141 Views
This is why people dislike you. Dan - 09/11/2010 07:03:17 PM 1140 Views
Umm...I care? Larry - 09/11/2010 08:42:55 PM 1107 Views
Because you should care about being intelligent, rather than appearing to be intelligent. Dan - 09/11/2010 10:32:04 PM 1145 Views
Again, why would I care? Larry - 09/11/2010 10:38:21 PM 1151 Views
No one can make you care about being decent, or intelligent, or a viable member of the community. Dan - 09/11/2010 10:41:34 PM 1067 Views
I think it's rather pointless, to be honest. Larry - 09/11/2010 10:54:17 PM 1105 Views
Then why are you even here? Dan - 09/11/2010 10:59:49 PM 1059 Views
I don't know. I thought I'd see how long I could string you along. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:00:37 PM 992 Views
You're the one who doesn't care. Dan - 09/11/2010 11:02:11 PM 1030 Views
I care only as much as I care. What others think is irrelevant to that. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:04:15 PM 1041 Views
But you're still responding to me. Dan - 09/11/2010 11:05:37 PM 1094 Views
Because I'm stringing you out until you quit. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:10:18 PM 1127 Views
I'm not going to. I find this entertaining. Dan - 09/11/2010 11:12:27 PM 1089 Views
I do as well. It's fun pretending to be an asshole, I'll admit. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:17:34 PM 1067 Views
Come now, who's pretending? Dan - 09/11/2010 11:22:18 PM 1077 Views
That is officially the last one before I start editing and making them NM. *NM* Legolas - 09/11/2010 11:24:12 PM 504 Views
Word. *NM* *NM* Dan - 09/11/2010 11:29:37 PM 423 Views
Me, most of the time Larry - 09/11/2010 11:40:26 PM 1066 Views
Keep telling yourself that. *NM* Dan - 09/11/2010 11:46:34 PM 937 Views
Why would I? It's not something I think much about these days. Again, what others think is trivial. *NM* Larry - 10/11/2010 12:01:03 AM 527 Views
What about THE Other? *NM* Dan - 10/11/2010 12:16:53 AM 461 Views
I'm not going to quote Sartre here...this time. *NM* Larry - 10/11/2010 12:20:22 AM 459 Views
Are you 5? Camilla - 09/11/2010 11:14:26 PM 937 Views
See my original point. *NM* Dan - 09/11/2010 11:15:30 PM 455 Views
Nah Larry - 09/11/2010 11:15:48 PM 1182 Views
But you were asked about it originally. That was my point. Dan - 09/11/2010 11:23:25 PM 1003 Views
And I was evasive about it at the time. When pressed, I answered more fully. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:48:27 PM 1057 Views
Why be evasive? Dan - 10/11/2010 12:16:19 AM 1180 Views
Because I didn't want to spend an hour pulling out a few dozen books. Larry - 10/11/2010 12:19:55 AM 1179 Views
Ye gods. Could you people at the very, very least make your messages NM? Legolas - 09/11/2010 11:17:25 PM 1040 Views
But that takes the fun out of this! *NM* Larry - 09/11/2010 11:21:25 PM 494 Views
Re: Best one liner of the threadjack. Gaps - 10/11/2010 12:37:27 AM 1208 Views
I must say, I'm glad you all decided to play up when I was having an evening off. *NM* Rebekah - 10/11/2010 12:08:59 PM 470 Views
I disagree with your claim that there can be no value in translations. Camilla - 09/11/2010 08:51:20 PM 1060 Views
Not "no value", but "different value" is what I would argue Larry - 09/11/2010 09:55:54 PM 1135 Views
I don't disagree, but you can't possibly learn all languages, yet you can read translations of all. Legolas - 09/11/2010 10:56:58 PM 1136 Views
They are often necessary Larry - 09/11/2010 11:00:09 PM 1025 Views
My choice, hands down, is to ignore the poetry in languages I don't read. Tom - 10/11/2010 01:44:32 AM 1080 Views
An English translation of The Divine Comedy was pivotal to my conversion to Christianity. Joel - 10/11/2010 11:04:57 AM 994 Views
Dante has a lot to answer for. *NM* Camilla - 10/11/2010 08:21:19 PM 448 Views
Ah, but to whom...? Joel - 10/11/2010 09:17:16 PM 1023 Views
K. Ghavrel - 08/11/2010 04:35:56 AM 1214 Views
Re: K. Legolas - 08/11/2010 10:59:05 AM 982 Views
Nothing wrong with humorous redundancy! Ghavrel - 09/11/2010 01:10:02 AM 1023 Views
Ooh, good survey. I've been thinking for a while we needed more poetry discussion. Legolas - 08/11/2010 10:58:24 AM 1249 Views
I think you underestimate the number of translations of the Bible. Ghavrel - 09/11/2010 01:20:30 AM 1218 Views
Did they just translate logos as... life-light? Dan - 09/11/2010 07:14:28 PM 1104 Views
Yes. Yes, they did. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/11/2010 09:56:09 PM 414 Views
*sighs* Dan - 09/11/2010 10:28:49 PM 992 Views
My favourite translation of logos is "point of it all". (beat.) - 10/11/2010 05:12:05 PM 1372 Views
Interersting temeraire - 08/11/2010 05:14:41 PM 1115 Views
I can count the poems I enjoy on one hand. Two fingers, in fact. lord-of-shadow - 08/11/2010 06:05:22 PM 1099 Views
I think poetry is largely overrated. Palatine - 08/11/2010 06:12:59 PM 1183 Views
And you are basing this on extensive non-reading of poetry? *NM* Camilla - 09/11/2010 08:57:06 PM 392 Views
Basing what, exactly? But the short answer is, no. Palatine - 10/11/2010 05:48:28 PM 1123 Views
the problem is most good poets are dead and dead people tend to fail at marketing random thoughts - 08/11/2010 06:44:18 PM 1121 Views
Re: Poetry: Stephen - 08/11/2010 07:04:01 PM 1046 Views
I like some poetry, but by no means all. Camilla - 09/11/2010 12:28:41 AM 1234 Views
Now that you mention it, The Imperfect Enjoyment might rank among my favourite poems. *NM* Legolas - 09/11/2010 12:46:56 AM 453 Views
It is excellent Camilla - 09/11/2010 08:16:01 PM 1217 Views
Re: It is excellent Legolas - 09/11/2010 10:53:24 PM 1057 Views
Re: It is excellent Camilla - 09/11/2010 10:58:23 PM 1166 Views
Just remembered my favourite poem Stephen - 09/11/2010 10:50:03 PM 1156 Views
That is very nice *NM* Camilla - 09/11/2010 10:59:53 PM 549 Views
I'll answer this unnumbered survey. Tom - 10/11/2010 01:37:50 AM 1222 Views
Read: Poetry: Joel - 10/11/2010 12:08:42 PM 1153 Views
Re: Poetry: (beat.) - 10/11/2010 04:57:31 PM 1045 Views
Re: Nice Gaps - 11/11/2010 01:39:48 AM 1187 Views
Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night. (beat.) - 11/11/2010 11:57:02 AM 1322 Views
Re: Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night. Gaps - 12/11/2010 04:36:22 AM 2045 Views
I can't believe I forgot to mention Leonard Cohen. *NM* (beat.) - 12/11/2010 04:33:15 AM 449 Views
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