Why free verse poetry sucks.

[cb201]

Comments

[dadams1]

The poetry may be decent enough, but it's the poet's fault that it's all over the damn page and your eyes explode just trying to decipher it.

[cb201]

"fl..." by E. E. Cummings

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"r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r" by E. E. Cummings

r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
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,grasshopper;

I rest my case. He was a douche, plain and simple.

...How can you not blame the poet?

[dadams1]

Fucking shit.

[themusicalfruit]

I hate "r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r" with a passion. I remember reading it for class, but I was out of school the day we talked about Cummings. I was disappointed, actually, as I wanted to argue with Doland over him. Oh well.