People who can't read
I write something amazing, about the interconnectedness of relationships between animals and humans, filled with poetic allusions to Irish mythology, and the obtuse folks in my poetry class pass it off as "archaic" and "too similar to my other poetry." The professor told me that it sounds like something from Middle Earth, as if that was supposed to be an insult. Well, fuck you, lady. This is 5th grade mythology in Ireland. Just because the tone of a poem is slightly dated, and the lexicon is a bit daunting, doesn't mean you oughtn't READ the damn thing and take it as an individual piece, quite worth its weight in salt.
Some hippie douche tried to tell me that my work is unoriginal, that I emulate writers from past centuries. Would it be better for you if I "emulated" E.E. Cummings and Jack Kerouac? Because I've seen a lot of SHITE poetry in this class that reeks of the "beat mentality" and "post-modern surrealism." What writers can claim NOT to take influence from some other source? I know of none. Read beyond the first two lines of the poem and you might find, though the tone and structure reflect Arthur O'Shaughnessy or A.E. Russell, that all of my work is completely original and full of substance and intelligent trope. And if my influences are too "outdated" for you, I suggest you do a little READING. Never heard Yeats before, have you? Get a job.
Some hippie douche tried to tell me that my work is unoriginal, that I emulate writers from past centuries. Would it be better for you if I "emulated" E.E. Cummings and Jack Kerouac? Because I've seen a lot of SHITE poetry in this class that reeks of the "beat mentality" and "post-modern surrealism." What writers can claim NOT to take influence from some other source? I know of none. Read beyond the first two lines of the poem and you might find, though the tone and structure reflect Arthur O'Shaughnessy or A.E. Russell, that all of my work is completely original and full of substance and intelligent trope. And if my influences are too "outdated" for you, I suggest you do a little READING. Never heard Yeats before, have you? Get a job.