Poetry

[stargirl]

Topic^And pardon the Spelling Mistakes....Oh and Read my sig for an example of one of my witen poems...

[Eco]

I'm not really in to poetry star.........well I kinda am

[D]

eco, if you dont appreciate the ART, then...oh, i dont know, DONT POST.
well, i like all forms of poetry, hell, all forms of literature, as long as it takes my eye and away from this reality. i enjoy reading it. writing it, for me, is a totaly different story.

[Eco]

Star and I do poetry in the randem thing in my board

[stargirl]

I thought that some people we're into poetry....

[Eco]

I am

[Matt_TY]

Make up your mind, Eco, either you are or you aren't.

Hmm. Poetry. I'm not really into writing poetry (it's usually a bit teen-angsty for my tastes), and I don't actively look for poetry to read, but when I read it I know what I like.

Haikus can be pretty cool. Aside from that, I enjoy poetry that RHYMES, that flows well throughout, that isn't full of "Oh everyone in the world hates me" rubbish (if I wanted to read people's suicide notes, I'd join the ambulance service), and that doesn't have lines

indented like this
for no
sane
reason...

(example, some of the poems and chants in LOTR - the book, not the movie - are quite well written. The only poem I have ever actually read aloud is Gollum's fish riddle)

[stargirl]

Here's another one of my poems....(it's free-verse for those who are unsure...)

A life's lesson
Dictators will never finish,
Theifs will always loose,
But in a revolution,
It's a 50/50 chance.

[D]

meh. i agree with matt. tolkien had a way with songs and poetry and such. so does jacques who does the redwall series. a lot of fantasy books have songs, redwall books especialy. anyway, haikus are cool. the hard part is the sylable limit. oh, and eco, do you even KNOW what a haiku is?

[Eco]

umm.....no

[D]

*sigh* okay then, quick english lesson. a haiku is a japanese form of poetry. they usualy have to do with nature. now, the thing about haiku's is the sylible limit. it goes 5 on the first line, 7 on the next, and 5 on the last. and they must also be three lines. always. like this

the not so big frog
jumbed into the tiny pond.
splash. silence.

got it (also, can someone clarify if that last line is valid?)

[Spike]

haikus are the only poetry i can do, but i like all poetry really....just can't do it

[Eco]

I can only do poems that rhyme

[D]

my favorite example of poetry slash song are the songs of those lovely dwarves from the Hobbit. in the first 2 dozen pages actualy. instead of descriping, i shall cite!

(italics cuss thats how it was in the book. ya hear?)

Chip the glasses and crack the plates!
Blunt the knives and bend the forks!
That's what Bilbo Baggins hates-
Smash the bottles and burn the corks!

Cut the cloth and tread on the fat!
pour the milk on the pantry floor!
Leave the bones on the bedroom mat!
Splash the wine on every door!

Dump the crocks in in a boiling bowl;
Pound them up with a thumping pole;
And when you've finished, if any are whole,
Send them down the hall to roll!

That's what bilbo Baggins hates!
So,carefully! carefully with the plates!
J.r.r Tolkien's The Hobbit.

ahhh, i love those dwarves.

[stargirl]

Nice one Dtails.