So what the hell makes me any different than the millions who have been groaning over the dying art of poetry for centuries?
Mostly, folk were complaining that the poetry being created was not real poetry. But I don't even see it being created anymore, not really. To be "noticed" you don't need any special ability. You can just blog-up whatever nonsense you've wrote and there, you're published.
Impromptu poll: Do you read poetry? I mean, seriously...do you own books of poems that were not for a class or that someone gave to you as a gift?
What do you get out of poetry when you read it?
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I'm not at home right now to check my shelves, but off the top of my head I can name half a dozen books of poetry I have for pleasure. The most prized one I have is a huge collection of Neruda, in both English and Spanish. I bought it on a trip where I had scheduled two extra days at the tail end, just for myself. I got drunk for those two days and spent them reading and writing; the hotel room was so antiseptic and mundane that I spent about an hour reading Neruda to it just to give it some character. I wrote a poem about the experience, in fact.
As to the other question at hand: I also use poetry in more utilitarian fashion; I translate spanish poetry to try and keep from getting rusty.
Antiseptic and mundane - that is why people kill themselves in hotel rooms; it's a step out of the real world and into surreality. I'd like to read your poems. I am doing a call for poetry soon, so be prepared. >.>
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