Poetry poll

[sheryden]

I'm reading T.S. Eliot right now, and though I do enjoy it, I'm reminded that sometimes I think rhyming poetry is overdone and clumsy. Even a couple of Eliot's poems seemed awkward to me. On the other hand, I love Byron and Keats and many other poets through the ages who have used rhyme quite well. Overall, though, I'm suspicious of poetry that

Comments

[jenniferjensen]

I guess it depends on the poet and how good they are at pulling off rhyming poetry. I tend to write poetry rhyming myself.

[sheryden]

I think part of my tentativeness when it comes to rhyming poetry comes from when I used to edit a literary journal, and we used to see all manner of poorly written rhyming poems. Eek!

[mesmorizee]

I don't like rhyming poems or anything that rhymes actually. XP

I also would like to point out that I'm not a big fan of poems and my favorite poem actually is the only poem I've ever liked. And the reason I like it is because a scottish guy read it in a movie... I am never going to understand poems...

[sheryden]

I was just watching that scene today, lol.

[beggar_always]

This is a debate my best friend and I get into all the time. He abhors poetry that rhymes and avoids it at all costs. I don't mind rhyming poetry as long as it doesn't seem forced/awkward. I tend to pay more attention to the rhythm of the lines and how it all flows together.

Most of the poetry I used to write fell into awkward rhyming patterns that I'm kind of embarrassed about...but after I got into 4poetry (before it turned into a depository of high school drama...I miss the good days of that comm *sigh*) I started caring more about the flow of a poem instead of it fitting into nice, neat rhyming schemes. If that makes sense...

Also, E.E. Cummings totally corrupted me.

[sheryden]

I tend to pay more attention to the rhythm of the lines and how it all flows together.

Yes! Unfortunately, I think a lot of the problem with the bad poetry I read as an lit mag editor was that the writers were more focused on finding two words to rhyme than on the overall flow of the piece.

[beggar_always]

Yeah, the poem suffers when it's all about the rhyming.

[kali_kali]

As a rule, I don't generally like poetry. I like songs, but I'm not sure if you're considering those poetry or not. I don't read poetry. I like poetry to be performed, either as a song or slam poetry or whatever. Though at the moment, slam poetry makes me sad, because a good number of my friends take part, and one of them, the boyfriend of a good friend of mine, died last week. And I can't be there since I'm in England rather than Canada right now, but they're in the middle of organizing a poetry show tribute to him that I wish I could attend.

[arcadiaego]

None of the above. I read both, plus some that rhymes in some places and doesn't in others. :-P