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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 1469 Views
Re: Poetry: Gaps - 08/11/2010 02:31:01 AM 1051 Views
Answers from someone indifferent. Darth_Katie - 08/11/2010 02:57:38 AM 974 Views
Poetry nossy - 08/11/2010 03:17:15 AM 1062 Views
Re: Poetry: Larry - 08/11/2010 04:13:38 AM 1013 Views
This is why people dislike you. Dan - 09/11/2010 07:03:17 PM 1003 Views
Umm...I care? Larry - 09/11/2010 08:42:55 PM 980 Views
Because you should care about being intelligent, rather than appearing to be intelligent. Dan - 09/11/2010 10:32:04 PM 1017 Views
Again, why would I care? Larry - 09/11/2010 10:38:21 PM 1033 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 939 Views
I think it's rather pointless, to be honest. Larry - 09/11/2010 10:54:17 PM 968 Views
Then why are you even here? Dan - 09/11/2010 10:59:49 PM 917 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 848 Views
You're the one who doesn't care. Dan - 09/11/2010 11:02:11 PM 894 Views
I care only as much as I care. What others think is irrelevant to that. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:04:15 PM 895 Views
But you're still responding to me. Dan - 09/11/2010 11:05:37 PM 962 Views
Because I'm stringing you out until you quit. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:10:18 PM 1007 Views
I'm not going to. I find this entertaining. Dan - 09/11/2010 11:12:27 PM 953 Views
I do as well. It's fun pretending to be an asshole, I'll admit. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:17:34 PM 919 Views
Come now, who's pretending? Dan - 09/11/2010 11:22:18 PM 952 Views
That is officially the last one before I start editing and making them NM. *NM* Legolas - 09/11/2010 11:24:12 PM 436 Views
Word. *NM* *NM* Dan - 09/11/2010 11:29:37 PM 357 Views
Me, most of the time Larry - 09/11/2010 11:40:26 PM 937 Views
Keep telling yourself that. *NM* Dan - 09/11/2010 11:46:34 PM 810 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 468 Views
What about THE Other? *NM* Dan - 10/11/2010 12:16:53 AM 398 Views
I'm not going to quote Sartre here...this time. *NM* Larry - 10/11/2010 12:20:22 AM 398 Views
Are you 5? Camilla - 09/11/2010 11:14:26 PM 804 Views
See my original point. *NM* Dan - 09/11/2010 11:15:30 PM 393 Views
Nah Larry - 09/11/2010 11:15:48 PM 1064 Views
But you were asked about it originally. That was my point. Dan - 09/11/2010 11:23:25 PM 857 Views
And I was evasive about it at the time. When pressed, I answered more fully. Larry - 09/11/2010 11:48:27 PM 943 Views
Why be evasive? Dan - 10/11/2010 12:16:19 AM 1039 Views
Because I didn't want to spend an hour pulling out a few dozen books. Larry - 10/11/2010 12:19:55 AM 1057 Views
Ye gods. Could you people at the very, very least make your messages NM? Legolas - 09/11/2010 11:17:25 PM 914 Views
But that takes the fun out of this! *NM* Larry - 09/11/2010 11:21:25 PM 434 Views
Re: Best one liner of the threadjack. Gaps - 10/11/2010 12:37:27 AM 1057 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 423 Views
I disagree with your claim that there can be no value in translations. Camilla - 09/11/2010 08:51:20 PM 922 Views
Not "no value", but "different value" is what I would argue Larry - 09/11/2010 09:55:54 PM 1002 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 1002 Views
They are often necessary Larry - 09/11/2010 11:00:09 PM 893 Views
My choice, hands down, is to ignore the poetry in languages I don't read. Tom - 10/11/2010 01:44:32 AM 938 Views
An English translation of The Divine Comedy was pivotal to my conversion to Christianity. Joel - 10/11/2010 11:04:57 AM 854 Views
Dante has a lot to answer for. *NM* Camilla - 10/11/2010 08:21:19 PM 389 Views
Ah, but to whom...? Joel - 10/11/2010 09:17:16 PM 898 Views
K. Ghavrel - 08/11/2010 04:35:56 AM 1087 Views
Re: K. Legolas - 08/11/2010 10:59:05 AM 858 Views
Nothing wrong with humorous redundancy! Ghavrel - 09/11/2010 01:10:02 AM 909 Views
Ooh, good survey. I've been thinking for a while we needed more poetry discussion. Legolas - 08/11/2010 10:58:24 AM 1079 Views
I think you underestimate the number of translations of the Bible. Ghavrel - 09/11/2010 01:20:30 AM 1071 Views
Did they just translate logos as... life-light? Dan - 09/11/2010 07:14:28 PM 946 Views
Yes. Yes, they did. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/11/2010 09:56:09 PM 364 Views
*sighs* Dan - 09/11/2010 10:28:49 PM 820 Views
My favourite translation of logos is "point of it all". (beat.) - 10/11/2010 05:12:05 PM 1210 Views
Interersting temeraire - 08/11/2010 05:14:41 PM 989 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 978 Views
I think poetry is largely overrated. Palatine - 08/11/2010 06:12:59 PM 1055 Views
And you are basing this on extensive non-reading of poetry? *NM* Camilla - 09/11/2010 08:57:06 PM 334 Views
Basing what, exactly? But the short answer is, no. Palatine - 10/11/2010 05:48:28 PM 994 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 995 Views
Re: Poetry: Stephen - 08/11/2010 07:04:01 PM 923 Views
I like some poetry, but by no means all. Camilla - 09/11/2010 12:28:41 AM 1078 Views
Now that you mention it, The Imperfect Enjoyment might rank among my favourite poems. *NM* Legolas - 09/11/2010 12:46:56 AM 385 Views
It is excellent Camilla - 09/11/2010 08:16:01 PM 1098 Views
Re: It is excellent Legolas - 09/11/2010 10:53:24 PM 930 Views
Re: It is excellent Camilla - 09/11/2010 10:58:23 PM 1032 Views
Just remembered my favourite poem Stephen - 09/11/2010 10:50:03 PM 1030 Views
That is very nice *NM* Camilla - 09/11/2010 10:59:53 PM 491 Views
I'll answer this unnumbered survey. Tom - 10/11/2010 01:37:50 AM 1071 Views
Read: Poetry: Joel - 10/11/2010 12:08:42 PM 999 Views
Re: Poetry: (beat.) - 10/11/2010 04:57:31 PM 906 Views
Re: Nice Gaps - 11/11/2010 01:39:48 AM 1054 Views
Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night. (beat.) - 11/11/2010 11:57:02 AM 1128 Views
Re: Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night. Gaps - 12/11/2010 04:36:22 AM 1878 Views
I can't believe I forgot to mention Leonard Cohen. *NM* (beat.) - 12/11/2010 04:33:15 AM 392 Views
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