I love all the Oliver poetry popping up here! Shiny!
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
Mal ,'Safe'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Pix - Apr 07, 2004 6:12:46 pm PDT #2078 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
msbelle - Apr 07, 2004 6:13:37 pm PDT #2079 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I was at Borders tonight and saw a Bunnyzilla collection in the sale area. Jilli knows about this, yes? I figure she must, but thought I'd check.
erikaj - Apr 07, 2004 6:14:37 pm PDT #2080 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm not very up on the poems...which is too bad.
Pix - Apr 07, 2004 6:18:03 pm PDT #2081 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Never too late for that, erika!
erikaj - Apr 07, 2004 6:26:12 pm PDT #2082 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
No, I guess not. But you know, went through the Obligatory Writer Girl Teen Poet phase and have not given them much thought since...poetry (writing) now is country music to Xander...the music of pain.But I shouldn't neglect poets for that...it doesn't work that way for everyone.
DavidS - Apr 07, 2004 6:48:03 pm PDT #2083 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I shouldn't neglect poets for that...it doesn't work that way for everyone.
Yes, please drop the notion that poetry is about Expressing Feelings. Lyric poetry, of course, does this very ably, but that's because it's about Heightened Language. I recommend Marianne Moore who loved zoos and baseball and never foisted icky feelings on her readers.
erikaj - Apr 07, 2004 6:52:51 pm PDT #2084 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't think feelings are icky...ok, sometimes mine are. But otherwise. I don't know where you get this stuff...be happy when one dirtbag gets beheaded, you're marked for life.
DavidS - Apr 07, 2004 6:55:34 pm PDT #2085 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Feelings are fine. As John Gardner notes, every writer strives for sentiment. It's the sentimental you have to look out for.
I'm just down on poetry as Mood Dump. I also dislike Garden Poetry which gets all riled up about anglo saxon plant names and the juiciness of fecundity.
Pix - Apr 07, 2004 6:57:34 pm PDT #2086 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
What Hec said.
erikaj - Apr 07, 2004 7:00:34 pm PDT #2087 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod....which is why I don't inflict my poems on people, cause they're like "Why Don't You Love Me Like I Love You, You Idiot?"