11-02-2005, 10:27 PM
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Sinister Sinner
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Hell's Paradise
Posts: 19
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Originally Posted by africandan
Whilst I hate to risk spoiling things by being a pernickety bastard... your definition of poetry could include just about anything. "I love you" would, by your definition, be a poem. In fact, "FUCK!!!" could also be a poem.
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True.....sort of. Although your chosen examples do convey a message, they don't capture the emotions behind them. Poems tend to attempt to explain (to an extent). Some people think they a poem can consist of a few words (those kind of poems drive me absolutely nuts!). I also like poems that are open to many kinds of interpretation. However, I wouldn't get much out of a poem if it only included such vague expressions.
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Originally Posted by africandan
On a less picky note might I advocate that the best poems are not written from the heart - though this is probably true - but rather speak to our hearts. The poems I like the most are those that instantly make me feel like they've expressed something profound about my thoughts or feelings - even if I didn't write them. And the medium makes it feel succinct and well expressed - as if it were capturing the essence of that thought or feeling - unlike my writing style which, as you can tell, tends towards the long winded philosophical ramble!
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Just out of curiosity once again, do you believe that a poem written from the heart is the only kind that can connect/speak to other hearts? That's the way I look at it. A poem that can grab my heart is one that will grab and keep my attention.
Wow....who knew I could start such a intellectual debate! |