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Do you like poetry?
Do you read poetry?
How do you come across poetry?
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
How did you become aware of poetry?
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets?
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March?
Do you write your own poetry?
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Basically, talk to me about poetry. |
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I know very little about poetry. It’s always seemed impenetrable, and I’ve never met anyone who was suitably invested in the discipline to open it up for me. I have a volume of Poe, and a volume of Rilke. The Poe I read during my first go round at university when I was a teenager. The Rilke was a gift from a friend who abruptly ghosted me because we had differing opinions on The Handmaid’s Tale (don’t ask), and because she vanished from my life I haven’t felt inclined to read the Rilke. I will one day.
Where should I start OP? How do I open the door and step into a more poetic world? Xx |
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"OP, I write poetry.
Can I write poetry for you?
Will you read my poetry?  "
Absolutely.
Though that gave me flashbacks of the time one of the nurses at the place my dad was in found out I liked poetry and he asked me to read his poems. I couldn't say no and then a few days later I handed them back to him and just said 'I hope it's helped you to write them' God, I'm an awful person. |
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Where should I start OP? How do I open the door and step into a more poetic world? Xx"
Now that you've said 'don't ask' about The Handmaid's Tale I really want to ask.
I had a mild interest in poetry growing up but it wasn't ever really nurtured. Then I befriended an English teacher in my 30s and I asked him the same question. Where should I start? And he sent me three poems, one of which I still say is my favourite poem (but it probably isn't)
If you want the same entrance to poetry that I had, the three poems he sent me were:
Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
Wait by Galway Kinnell
i carry your heart with me by ee cummings
Let me know what you think if you do check them out. |
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I always thought I disliked poetry as I always preferred prose when I studied English in my younger days, but in recent years I've been to a couple of spoken word/performance poetry events and been surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I think hearing the poetry being spoken brings it more to life for me in a way just reading it doesn't. I especially like punk stuff that is angry and political, or dark and funny, or just has something important to say about real life in a witty way rather than romantic/over sentimental.
Obviously I'm a fan of John Cooper Clarke and Lemn Sissay being a mancunian  and I enjoy some Gil Scott-Heron too. |
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"I used to write poetry, I had a whole folder of my poems which I rather stupidly got rid of many years ago... I haven't read any for ages x"
Oh… why? I couldn’t imagine getting rid of the things I write. You should start again x |
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"I wouldn't sit and read it myself but I enjoy teaching it to exam groups.
The exception is Tim Burton's. I like his characters in poetry."
That's really interesting. I read a collection of Tim Burton's poetry and I liked the ideas but not always the execution! |
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"I used to write poetry, I had a whole folder of my poems which I rather stupidly got rid of many years ago... I haven't read any for ages x
Oh… why? I couldn’t imagine getting rid of the things I write. You should start again x"
Definitely a rookie error especially as I'd written most of them in calligraphic writing 😭.. mind you they were pretty crap lol |
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"I used to write poetry, I had a whole folder of my poems which I rather stupidly got rid of many years ago... I haven't read any for ages x"
Do you think you'd go back to it? Either reading or writing your own? |
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Where should I start OP? How do I open the door and step into a more poetic world? Xx
Now that you've said 'don't ask' about The Handmaid's Tale I really want to ask.
I had a mild interest in poetry growing up but it wasn't ever really nurtured. Then I befriended an English teacher in my 30s and I asked him the same question. Where should I start? And he sent me three poems, one of which I still say is my favourite poem (but it probably isn't)
If you want the same entrance to poetry that I had, the three poems he sent me were:
Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
Wait by Galway Kinnell
i carry your heart with me by ee cummings
Let me know what you think if you do check them out."
Thank you!! I will search for them today. And I’ll tell you about The Handmaid’s Tale, but not here. I don’t want anyone else to ghost me 😬 Just for clarity though, Atwood’s novel is wonderful, the tv show however… |
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"I used to write poetry, I had a whole folder of my poems which I rather stupidly got rid of many years ago... I haven't read any for ages x
Do you think you'd go back to it? Either reading or writing your own?"
I'd like to start reading again, will check out some of the recommendations on this thread... I like the war poets . Wilfred Owen, Sassoon, etc |
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"I always thought I disliked poetry as I always preferred prose when I studied English in my younger days, but in recent years I've been to a couple of spoken word/performance poetry events and been surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I think hearing the poetry being spoken brings it more to life for me in a way just reading it doesn't. I especially like punk stuff that is angry and political, or dark and funny, or just has something important to say about real life in a witty way rather than romantic/over sentimental.
Obviously I'm a fan of John Cooper Clarke and Lemn Sissay being a mancunian and I enjoy some Gil Scott-Heron too. "
Very much yes! I love spoken word so much. I used to work in a place that had a (minorly) celebrated published poet who worked for us. And at work events and things she'd write poems and perform them that were hilarious. But because of her and her connections we'd get spoken word artists to come in and speak to us during Pride month or Black History month that ended up being really emotive and political and I loved it so much. It felt important. |
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Where should I start OP? How do I open the door and step into a more poetic world? Xx
Now that you've said 'don't ask' about The Handmaid's Tale I really want to ask.
I had a mild interest in poetry growing up but it wasn't ever really nurtured. Then I befriended an English teacher in my 30s and I asked him the same question. Where should I start? And he sent me three poems, one of which I still say is my favourite poem (but it probably isn't)
If you want the same entrance to poetry that I had, the three poems he sent me were:
Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
Wait by Galway Kinnell
i carry your heart with me by ee cummings
Let me know what you think if you do check them out.
Thank you!! I will search for them today. And I’ll tell you about The Handmaid’s Tale, but not here. I don’t want anyone else to ghost me 😬 Just for clarity though, Atwood’s novel is wonderful, the tv show however… "
Off topic but agreed. Couldn't get on with the series at all. I'm always surprised when those who love the novel rate it highly! |
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"I used to write poetry, I had a whole folder of my poems which I rather stupidly got rid of many years ago... I haven't read any for ages x
Do you think you'd go back to it? Either reading or writing your own?
I'd like to start reading again, will check out some of the recommendations on this thread... I like the war poets . Wilfred Owen, Sassoon, etc"
You are a brave one. War poetry breaks my heart entirely. I once tried to read aloud Anthem for Doomed Youth and my voice cracked on the first line. |
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"I always thought I disliked poetry as I always preferred prose when I studied English in my younger days, but in recent years I've been to a couple of spoken word/performance poetry events and been surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I think hearing the poetry being spoken brings it more to life for me in a way just reading it doesn't. I especially like punk stuff that is angry and political, or dark and funny, or just has something important to say about real life in a witty way rather than romantic/over sentimental.
Obviously I'm a fan of John Cooper Clarke and Lemn Sissay being a mancunian and I enjoy some Gil Scott-Heron too.
Very much yes! I love spoken word so much. I used to work in a place that had a (minorly) celebrated published poet who worked for us. And at work events and things she'd write poems and perform them that were hilarious. But because of her and her connections we'd get spoken word artists to come in and speak to us during Pride month or Black History month that ended up being really emotive and political and I loved it so much. It felt important."
That sounds amazing I think it's a great artform for expressing powerful ideas and I only wish my brain was creative enough to play with words the way these people are able to do. |
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The only poetry i kinda enjoyed was the War Poets, Wilfred Owen and Sassoon (i think thats how you spell it). Studied them at school many moons ago but Dulce decurum est pro patria mora (also excuse my spelling) is the only peom i can really remember, so it must have had a profound impact to remember it over 30 years later
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"The only poetry i kinda enjoyed was the War Poets, Wilfred Owen and Sassoon (i think thats how you spell it). Studied them at school many moons ago but Dulce decurum est pro patria mora (also excuse my spelling) is the only peom i can really remember, so it must have had a profound impact to remember it over 30 years later
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That is a great piece of poetry x |
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Very much yes! I love spoken word so much. I used to work in a place that had a (minorly) celebrated published poet who worked for us. And at work events and things she'd write poems and perform them that were hilarious. But because of her and her connections we'd get spoken word artists to come in and speak to us during Pride month or Black History month that ended up being really emotive and political and I loved it so much. It felt important.
That sounds amazing I think it's a great artform for expressing powerful ideas and I only wish my brain was creative enough to play with words the way these people are able to do. "
I started writing poetry a couple months ago and I feel like it's such a great creative outlet for me. Just a release of emotions. I don't think I aspire to greatness with it but I'm definitely enjoying it. |
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"The only poetry i kinda enjoyed was the War Poets, Wilfred Owen and Sassoon (i think thats how you spell it). Studied them at school many moons ago but Dulce decurum est pro patria mora (also excuse my spelling) is the only peom i can really remember, so it must have had a profound impact to remember it over 30 years later
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Again, with the war poets. I just reread Dulce et Decorum Est and how does that poem not just rip the heart out of everyone? I'm not surprised you remember all that time later. It's so powerful. |
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I once started a relationship with a guy because he recited Heaney's Good-night to me while we were at a burger van after a night out (classy setting, I know).
Some poetry speaks to me, others don't. At school we studied war poetry for GCSE, and that put me off.
One of my teachers then introduced me to Larkin, Heaney and Ted Hughes. Larkin and Heaney I adored, Hughes I loathed.
I'm currently rereading Carol Ann Duffy, the World's Wife, a collection I reread quite often. Every poem in it is a joy to read. |
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"I once started a relationship with a guy because he recited Heaney's Good-night to me while we were at a burger van after a night out (classy setting, I know).
Some poetry speaks to me, others don't. At school we studied war poetry for GCSE, and that put me off.
One of my teachers then introduced me to Larkin, Heaney and Ted Hughes. Larkin and Heaney I adored, Hughes I loathed.
I'm currently rereading Carol Ann Duffy, the World's Wife, a collection I reread quite often. Every poem in it is a joy to read."
this be the verse by larkin...has a profound bluntness |
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I enjoy poetry, the metaphysical poets, First World War poets and the Liverpool beat poets.
I occasionally write poetry, but not very often. Did write a little something today when I was asked what was in Santa’s play bag.
Oh my bag has so many toys
It brings a smile to the face of all girls and boys.
It has floggers, both thuddy and stingy
A riding crop too, if that’s more your thingy.
Vampire gloves that give such a bite
And other devices that will mark you just right.
Wax candles, so warm and so bright
Dripped on your body, a beautiful sight.
There are blindfolds and gags to keep you so quiet
We don’t want moans of pleasure to start a riot.
Toys for the stuffing and wands to do magic
Restraints to make sure that you stay static.
I hope this list brings some cheer
with Santa’s Ho Ho Ho bag you’ll come more than once in a year. |
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"Do you like poetry?
Do you read poetry?
How do you come across poetry?
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
How did you become aware of poetry?
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets?
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March?
Do you write your own poetry?
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Basically, talk to me about poetry."
I adore poetry 🥰
Like previous comments, I find it's best when read aloud, and I get *really* into the rhythm and flow of the words; to me, rhythm is everything. I haven't been to an event in a couple of years, if anyone knows of any coming up, please throw the details my way!
I have written my own in the past, but I primarily write prose now, although still with an emphasis on rhythm and lyricism.
I find social media a really good source for new, and previously unknown to me, work! |
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So many questions.
I like *some* poetry and I read a fair amount. I go looking for it and I'm often surprised by the stuff I find on Facebook.
I became aware of it as a small child at home.
I don't have a particular favourite. I like Seamus Heaney, Tennyson, Larkin, Wendy Cope among others.
I didn't know about 21/3
I have never been to a poetry event. |
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I know it's possibly a cliche, but I love the poetry in certain song lyrics.
The phrasing of Guy Garvey in so many songs, though perhaps my favourite sung poem is Soldier's Things, by Tom Waits. The text is just as poignant as the performance.
PS I didn't know Wait, by Galway Kinnell before reading this post. Just beautiful. Thanks, OP |
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"this be the verse by larkin...has a profound bluntness "
Mine was Ugly Sister - at 16/17 and feeling unlovely and unwanted it exactly suited my mood to hear it.
Since I was not bewitched in adolescence
And brought to love
I will attend to the trees and their gracious silence,
To winds that move.
He has a lot of poems for the outsider, the unpopular, the troubled. |
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This post makes me happy, not just that you posted it but that it's had so many replies so soon. Alas, here was me thinking that poetry was dead when it's alive and kicking on a swingers site.
Anyway, here we go Miss, I'll try my best with the exam that you set.
Do you like poetry?
Way aye man
Do you read poetry?
Way aye man again man
How do you come across poetry?
Metaphorically and with great abandon.
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
I go looking for it. It is a sporadic passion that I pursue. I buy random poetry collections from second hand bookshops and dig for gold.
How did you become aware of poetry?
Tried to write it when I was younger and got back into it later in life. Joined a poetry critique website and learnt what poetry was all about.
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets?
Blake never fails, Wordsworth and Colerdige brilliant but not as mystically brilliant as Blake. Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass; the most complete life poetry collection. Ginsberg, Bukowski, Plath, Goethe, Novalis, Hughes, Heaney and many many others. Haiku writers Basho, Issa and Buson
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March?
No. Did you know that April is national poetry month (in america I think)
Do you write your own poetry?
Yes. But not enough to be brilliant, I'm good, but you need to write everyday and be obsessed with being a writer to be excellent at it and I'm already obsessed with being a guitarist so I settle for an avid enthusiasm to get me by.
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
They always seem awkward to me, I agree that poetry should be read out loud to properly appreciate it but I also think that you need to read a poem several times to fully get inside of it.
Basically, talk to me about poetry.
Back in the day when I first joined a poetry critique website it was a thriving business, everyone was eager to get better at writing poetry by receiving critique and progressing. Over the years blogs became more popular and people seemed to decide that critique was no longer the way forward when you could just get constant praise from a vapid audience of... Calm down man...
Anyway, poetry is different now. I blame woke culture for not wanting a world with criticism.
Poetry is perfect and expresses emotions and concepts in a simply beautiful way that prose cannot without sounding awkward.
I almost forgot what website I was on there. Thank you for making my morning.
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I've written intermittently since my teens. All sorts of stuff, although I like to bash out an infrequent sonnet or haiku. For a while, 15-20 years back, I sold bespoke comic verse via eBay - birthdays, leaving parties etc. Still take an occasional wander through the WWI trench poets and Shakespeare... |
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"I once started a relationship with a guy because he recited Heaney's Good-night to me while we were at a burger van after a night out (classy setting, I know).
Some poetry speaks to me, others don't. At school we studied war poetry for GCSE, and that put me off.
One of my teachers then introduced me to Larkin, Heaney and Ted Hughes. Larkin and Heaney I adored, Hughes I loathed.
I'm currently rereading Carol Ann Duffy, the World's Wife, a collection I reread quite often. Every poem in it is a joy to read."
If someone recited poetry at me in front of a burger van or anywhere I'd probably be lost. Maybe offering a shag more than a relationship though. That could just be!  |
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"I have a book of Japanese love haikus that I enjoy. My father also introduced me to the Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayyam, which I have a small copy of."
YES! This thread needed these recommendations. Instead of love haikus, I have a collection of Japanese Death Poems and on the recommendation of a friend I also have some Islamic Mystical poetry and I think I love reading non-western poetry. |
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"I enjoy poetry, the metaphysical poets, First World War poets and the Liverpool beat poets.
I occasionally write poetry, but not very often. Did write a little something today when I was asked what was in Santa’s play bag.
Oh my bag has so many toys
It brings a smile to the face of all girls and boys.
It has floggers, both thuddy and stingy
A riding crop too, if that’s more your thingy.
Vampire gloves that give such a bite
And other devices that will mark you just right.
Wax candles, so warm and so bright
Dripped on your body, a beautiful sight.
There are blindfolds and gags to keep you so quiet
We don’t want moans of pleasure to start a riot.
Toys for the stuffing and wands to do magic
Restraints to make sure that you stay static.
I hope this list brings some cheer
with Santa’s Ho Ho Ho bag you’ll come more than once in a year. "
Interesting, thank you for sharing that with us!
I also recently wrote a bit of erotic poetry. It's probably the only poem I could possibly feel comfortable sharing (and yet I won't/don't) |
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I adore poetry 🥰
Like previous comments, I find it's best when read aloud, and I get *really* into the rhythm and flow of the words; to me, rhythm is everything. I haven't been to an event in a couple of years, if anyone knows of any coming up, please throw the details my way!
I have written my own in the past, but I primarily write prose now, although still with an emphasis on rhythm and lyricism.
I find social media a really good source for new, and previously unknown to me, work!"
I'm actually thrilled that so many people have engaged with this thread, it makes me happy. What have you discovered recently on social media? |
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"So many questions.
I like *some* poetry and I read a fair amount. I go looking for it and I'm often surprised by the stuff I find on Facebook.
I became aware of it as a small child at home.
I don't have a particular favourite. I like Seamus Heaney, Tennyson, Larkin, Wendy Cope among others.
I didn't know about 21/3
I have never been to a poetry event."
Totally agree. I have to read a lot of poetry to find something that revs my engine. But I like that, I like being on the hunt for that. What type of poetry do you find on FB?!
Would you go to a poetry event? |
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"I know it's possibly a cliche, but I love the poetry in certain song lyrics.
The phrasing of Guy Garvey in so many songs, though perhaps my favourite sung poem is Soldier's Things, by Tom Waits. The text is just as poignant as the performance.
PS I didn't know Wait, by Galway Kinnell before reading this post. Just beautiful. Thanks, OP "
I'm glad you enjoyed Wait! It definitely holds a special place in my heart, that poem. Also, I love song lyrics too. And some songwriters are amazing at conveying real emotion in their songs. I only really like three of Tom Waits' songs but mostly because of his singing voice as opposed to the lyrics he sings. |
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"This post makes me happy, not just that you posted it but that it's had so many replies so soon. Alas, here was me thinking that poetry was dead when it's alive and kicking on a swingers site.
Anyway, here we go Miss, I'll try my best with the exam that you set.
Do you like poetry?
Way aye man
Do you read poetry?
Way aye man again man
How do you come across poetry?
Metaphorically and with great abandon.
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
I go looking for it. It is a sporadic passion that I pursue. I buy random poetry collections from second hand bookshops and dig for gold.
How did you become aware of poetry?
Tried to write it when I was younger and got back into it later in life. Joined a poetry critique website and learnt what poetry was all about.
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets?
Blake never fails, Wordsworth and Colerdige brilliant but not as mystically brilliant as Blake. Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass; the most complete life poetry collection. Ginsberg, Bukowski, Plath, Goethe, Novalis, Hughes, Heaney and many many others. Haiku writers Basho, Issa and Buson
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March?
No. Did you know that April is national poetry month (in america I think)
Do you write your own poetry?
Yes. But not enough to be brilliant, I'm good, but you need to write everyday and be obsessed with being a writer to be excellent at it and I'm already obsessed with being a guitarist so I settle for an avid enthusiasm to get me by.
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
They always seem awkward to me, I agree that poetry should be read out loud to properly appreciate it but I also think that you need to read a poem several times to fully get inside of it.
Basically, talk to me about poetry.
Back in the day when I first joined a poetry critique website it was a thriving business, everyone was eager to get better at writing poetry by receiving critique and progressing. Over the years blogs became more popular and people seemed to decide that critique was no longer the way forward when you could just get constant praise from a vapid audience of... Calm down man...
Anyway, poetry is different now. I blame woke culture for not wanting a world with criticism.
Poetry is perfect and expresses emotions and concepts in a simply beautiful way that prose cannot without sounding awkward.
I almost forgot what website I was on there. Thank you for making my morning.
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Oh my god I love this entire comment, thank YOU. You really threw yourself into making that a very thorough answer.
I love that you like poetry, that you read it. That it is a passion for you, even sporadically. Leaves of Grass will always be my biggest poetry love. That collection made me feel so many things. I love the sound of that poetry critiquing website but it also sounds faintly terrifying. Not so much the criticism itself, I'd love any constructive feedback, more so the scary part is in the sharing in the first place. |
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
laurence binyon poem for the fallen |
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"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
laurence binyon poem for the fallen"
You're all killing me with this heartbreaking war poetry. I wasn't prepared for this today. |
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Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Yes, but not recently.
Feel free to organise something - I might hesitate to travel to Reading for a Fab meet, but for poetry...
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I'm not so much the organising type. I'd love a poetry meet! But for me to organise it would feel like far too much pressure. Anyone else willing to set something up? |
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"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
laurence binyon poem for the fallen
poetry that people recognise and know. but with out really noticing that they do.
the poem itself is longer than that small part of it.
You're all killing me with this heartbreaking war poetry. I wasn't prepared for this today."
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With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free. (1–4)
Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears. (5–8)
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted:
They fell with their faces to the foe. (9–12)
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them. (13–16)
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam. (17–20)
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night; (21–24)
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain. (25–28) |
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Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Yes, but not recently.
Feel free to organise something - I might hesitate to travel to Reading for a Fab meet, but for poetry...
I'm not so much the organising type. I'd love a poetry meet! But for me to organise it would feel like far too much pressure. Anyone else willing to set something up? "
When I’m next in Reading I’ll pop into the Biscuit Factory and see if we could use their upstairs space. It has bar, seating and (iirc) a pizza place. Seems the sort of thing they would host. |
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"I know it's possibly a cliche, but I love the poetry in certain song lyrics.
The phrasing of Guy Garvey in so many songs, though perhaps my favourite sung poem is Soldier's Things, by Tom Waits. The text is just as poignant as the performance.
PS I didn't know Wait, by Galway Kinnell before reading this post. Just beautiful. Thanks, OP "
I love Jim Morrison’s turn of phrase.
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws. |
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"I'm actually thrilled that so many people have engaged with this thread, it makes me happy. What have you discovered recently on social media?"
My most recent discovery has been Kayleb Rae Candrilli, whose words hit me in the gut.
'Water we won't touch'
Reunited after years apart,
my sibling is how I imagined
they would be, hair pink
and lit up like a highway flare—
a fire that always tries
to keep itself alive, even
in the rain, or as the tide rolls up.
For years my father had my sibling
water-locked, drug-spun—
surrounded by the Pacific
and saline-flushed needles.
And still my sibling burned.
When we were young,
my father used his hands
for everything. He used his hands
to describe how lightning
almost took him. He
and the lightning
the only bodies on the beach.
His feet smoked up, charred
on the bottoms, a spider-
web of fire spun as the storm
lashed onto shore. The sand
turned to silica glass around him.
My father has always been spared
and my father is the closest thing I know
to a sinner. What is the third degree
if not a near smiting?
Sometimes, I wonder
about the vastness of the ocean,
and how best to avoid its anger.
My sibling and I loved each other
most during storms. I know this.
When my sibling tells me—
after all these years—about
the pink lightning that hovered
over a town full of pink houses, I know
that we haven’t been totally beaten.
What is a family if not preparation?
We can smell a storm coming
before anyone. I swear
we can taste it rolling in. |
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OP
I recommend Caleb Femi.
Shakespeare in school is how I fell in love with poetry and Caleb Femi made me feel like poetry can be beautiful whilst not telling lovely stories of love but telling dark stories of death. |
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As a young person I avoided poetry, or so I thought, I used to write hip hop lyrics. Fast forward to last October I performed my first spoken word peice. Reading, writing and performing has given me a release I never knew that was available nor the fact I needed it. We live in Nottingham and I have found that there is actually a larger circle of poets and opportunities to perform in the city than I ever would have imagined |
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"OP
I recommend Caleb Femi.
Shakespeare in school is how I fell in love with poetry and Caleb Femi made me feel like poetry can be beautiful whilst not telling lovely stories of love but telling dark stories of death. "
Waffling on here but he also made it feel like poetry was accessible. Like it could reflect different forms of language.
Anyway I love this thread OP. |
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"Do you like poetry?
Do you read poetry?
How do you come across poetry?
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
How did you become aware of poetry?
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets?
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March?
Do you write your own poetry?
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Basically, talk to me about poetry."
I love to write poetry, I've been writing it it since my teens.
It's a great creative outlet.
I'd be happy to send you some if you were interested?🌈 |
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"I love poetry and have since I was a kid... Hence the love for Pam Ayres and Spike Milligan ❤️"
I'm really glad! I grew up with a couple of poetry collections aimed at children and I'm sure it's part of the reason that I still love words and how they come together. |
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Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Yes, but not recently.
Feel free to organise something - I might hesitate to travel to Reading for a Fab meet, but for poetry...
I'm not so much the organising type. I'd love a poetry meet! But for me to organise it would feel like far too much pressure. Anyone else willing to set something up?
When I’m next in Reading I’ll pop into the Biscuit Factory and see if we could use their upstairs space. It has bar, seating and (iirc) a pizza place. Seems the sort of thing they would host. "
I love the Biscuit Factory! The last time I was there they had a knitting group of some sort that looked like they met reguarly so it's for sure a really good shout. Also, amazing that you're picking up this whole organising thing! |
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For anyone who is into poetry I implore you to check out Frank Skinner’s poetry podcast. It is a game changer. He talks about the subject in such an erudite and intuitive and passionate way. Streets ahead of any of the crusty old professors who droned on to me in my undergrad years…
Seek it out!!! |
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"I'm actually thrilled that so many people have engaged with this thread, it makes me happy. What have you discovered recently on social media?
My most recent discovery has been Kayleb Rae Candrilli, whose words hit me in the gut.
'Water we won't touch'
Reunited after years apart,
my sibling is how I imagined
they would be, hair pink
and lit up like a highway flare—
a fire that always tries
to keep itself alive, even
in the rain, or as the tide rolls up.
For years my father had my sibling
water-locked, drug-spun—
surrounded by the Pacific
and saline-flushed needles.
And still my sibling burned.
When we were young,
my father used his hands
for everything. He used his hands
to describe how lightning
almost took him. He
and the lightning
the only bodies on the beach.
His feet smoked up, charred
on the bottoms, a spider-
web of fire spun as the storm
lashed onto shore. The sand
turned to silica glass around him.
My father has always been spared
and my father is the closest thing I know
to a sinner. What is the third degree
if not a near smiting?
Sometimes, I wonder
about the vastness of the ocean,
and how best to avoid its anger.
My sibling and I loved each other
most during storms. I know this.
When my sibling tells me—
after all these years—about
the pink lightning that hovered
over a town full of pink houses, I know
that we haven’t been totally beaten.
What is a family if not preparation?
We can smell a storm coming
before anyone. I swear
we can taste it rolling in."
What an emotional poem, thank you so much for sharing it. I know a lot of people rave on about classic poetry and everything. But it's always been a modern, more approachable (and relatable!) style of poetry that's always grabbed me. |
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"Do you like poetry?
Do you read poetry?
How do you come across poetry?
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
How did you become aware of poetry?
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets?
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March?
Do you write your own poetry?
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Basically, talk to me about poetry."
I wrote poetry for the love of my life. She tore my heart out and crushed it. |
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"Do you like poetry?
Do you read poetry?
How do you come across poetry?
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
How did you become aware of poetry?
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets?
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March?
Do you write your own poetry?
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Basically, talk to me about poetry."
I like poetry but don't really read it or come across it anymore.
How do you read poetry and come across new poems?
A fav of mine is The Two-Headed Calf, as you know ☺️
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"OP
I recommend Caleb Femi.
Shakespeare in school is how I fell in love with poetry and Caleb Femi made me feel like poetry can be beautiful whilst not telling lovely stories of love but telling dark stories of death. "
God, I do love Shakespeare's sonnets. 116 in particular. But also I just fucking love modern poetry. Poetry that I can relate to, using language that I understand. Talking about things that hold meaning for me today. That isn't to say that I dislike classical poetry, I do. I just like modern poetry more. Thank you for the Caleb Femi recommendation! |
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"I like to write Haiku poetry myself:
Fab forums are fine,
But keep clear of Politics,
If your wit is prized."
Nice. The last poem I wrote was a Haiku but I don't think it's as good as yours. But it does remind me of a happy time in my life.
Today I did my
laundry. It left a nice smell
on my hands and clothes. |
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Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Yes, but not recently.
Feel free to organise something - I might hesitate to travel to Reading for a Fab meet, but for poetry...
I'm not so much the organising type. I'd love a poetry meet! But for me to organise it would feel like far too much pressure. Anyone else willing to set something up?
When I’m next in Reading I’ll pop into the Biscuit Factory and see if we could use their upstairs space. It has bar, seating and (iirc) a pizza place. Seems the sort of thing they would host.
I love the Biscuit Factory! The last time I was there they had a knitting group of some sort that looked like they met reguarly so it's for sure a really good shout. Also, amazing that you're picking up this whole organising thing! "
Last time I was there they had an alternative market.
It will probably be a mid week event due to family commitments.
I did used to teach poetry and drama for New Era. |
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"I love poetry and have since I was a kid... Hence the love for Pam Ayres and Spike Milligan ❤️
I'm really glad! I grew up with a couple of poetry collections aimed at children and I'm sure it's part of the reason that I still love words and how they come together."
It is why I write sometimes but never funnies for some reason... Got a big Spike Milligan peotry book for my Granddaughters, they love it too |
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"As a young person I avoided poetry, or so I thought, I used to write hip hop lyrics. Fast forward to last October I performed my first spoken word peice. Reading, writing and performing has given me a release I never knew that was available nor the fact I needed it. We live in Nottingham and I have found that there is actually a larger circle of poets and opportunities to perform in the city than I ever would have imagined "
Oh my god this sounds incredible!! I'm so happy that you made this fantastic thing happen for yourself. You should be so proud.
I wish I were able to find a poetry community here too. Fingers crossed! |
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"I once started a relationship with a guy because he recited Heaney's Good-night to me while we were at a burger van after a night out (classy setting, I know).
Some poetry speaks to me, others don't. At school we studied war poetry for GCSE, and that put me off.
One of my teachers then introduced me to Larkin, Heaney and Ted Hughes. Larkin and Heaney I adored, Hughes I loathed.
I'm currently rereading Carol Ann Duffy, the World's Wife, a collection I reread quite often. Every poem in it is a joy to read."
World's Wife is her best collection... interesting characters.
I'm not interested in love poetry but if that's something you like along with Duffy generally then Rapture could be worth reading. |
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This poem is about skiing with my mates in the Rockies.
Horizon:
My fate dealt here, a loving kiss
overwhelming, this panoramic bliss.
So utterly unreal
So utterly raw and of majestic beauty.
Pristine carpets of evergreen
lost in a blanket, vivid and white
broken here and there by immense
monuments reaching through the mists.
Never imagined it possible.
Descending into this valley
A thousand diamonds glittering
plumes of iridescent angels
dance their pretty little dance
like butterflies playing
lazily in the winds.
Three souls together now
spirited up higher and higher
Chasms of light filtering through
The early silver bloom.
A prelude to something special.
Hearts racing with anticipation.
Risen through the mists,
my breath lost in this endless perfection.
Basking in the majesties blinding glow,
shinning pinnacles all around.
Floating atop this ocean,
a soft white cloud
Dropping into these virgin fields
silently, we weave our silken trails.
Swept up.....! gliding through the air,
streaks of wind caressing our hair.
Howls and cries of joyful splendour,
This place, awesome in its nature.
A beautiful world looking like this.
My fate dealt here, a loving kiss.
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I write more than I read. A lot more, which is rubbish really. I should read more of it. I kinda fell into writing it, found it cathartic and just carried on whenever I needed to get things out of my head. |
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"I always thought I disliked poetry as I always preferred prose when I studied English in my younger days, but in recent years I've been to a couple of spoken word/performance poetry events and been surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I think hearing the poetry being spoken brings it more to life for me in a way just reading it doesn't. I especially like punk stuff that is angry and political, or dark and funny, or just has something important to say about real life in a witty way rather than romantic/over sentimental.
Obviously I'm a fan of John Cooper Clarke and Lemn Sissay being a mancunian and I enjoy some Gil Scott-Heron too. "
I have come to love poetry in recent years after being put off in school. I love John Cooper Clarke. And when he was in Dictionary Corner on Cats Does Countdown they got the panel to write poems. "I Just Named Your Penis" by Joe Wilkinson still makes me cry laughing.
For thoughtful poems that resonate with my life I love Nikita Gill and Becky Helmsley. |
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"I always thought I disliked poetry as I always preferred prose when I studied English in my younger days, but in recent years I've been to a couple of spoken word/performance poetry events and been surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I think hearing the poetry being spoken brings it more to life for me in a way just reading it doesn't. I especially like punk stuff that is angry and political, or dark and funny, or just has something important to say about real life in a witty way rather than romantic/over sentimental.
Obviously I'm a fan of John Cooper Clarke and Lemn Sissay being a mancunian and I enjoy some Gil Scott-Heron too.
I have come to love poetry in recent years after being put off in school. I love John Cooper Clarke. And when he was in Dictionary Corner on Cats Does Countdown they got the panel to write poems. "I Just Named Your Penis" by Joe Wilkinson still makes me cry laughing.
For thoughtful poems that resonate with my life I love Nikita Gill and Becky Helmsley. "
Yes he's great not poetry related but I loved him on Would I Lie To You as well. |
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"I used to write poetry, I had a whole folder of my poems which I rather stupidly got rid of many years ago... I haven't read any for ages x"
I did this. I had a giant folder with poems/song lyrics I'd written in my teens through to early 20s. I had a moment, and got rid of them. I'm sorry I did.  |
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"I used to write poetry, I had a whole folder of my poems which I rather stupidly got rid of many years ago... I haven't read any for ages x
I did this. I had a giant folder with poems/song lyrics I'd written in my teens through to early 20s. I had a moment, and got rid of them. I'm sorry I did. "
It feels like the right thing to do at the time, it's only later you regret it  |
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God, I do love Shakespeare's sonnets. 116 in particular.
29 for me, very closely followed by 71. When I get the blues, that order changes.
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I’m more John Donne when it comes to Sonnets. Holy Sonnet X is my all time favourite. I read it at my poetry mentor’s funeral. |
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In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. |
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"Thank you so much for all the fantastic comments! It's been lovely discussing poetry today! Keep the recommendations and thoughts coming ❤️"
Good thread op. Makes a pleasant change to does my cock look too big in this. |
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"Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales are great stories"
I had to read a modern translation in conjunction with the original. I've since mislaid it but I had a cd of The Knights Tale being read, it was beautiful |
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Someone asked me today what I'm currently reading poetry wise.
I'm reading Devotions by Mary Oliver (which I found in a charity shop) and upcoming reads that I've bought recently are Poor by Caleb Femi and Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair. |
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"Do you like poetry?
Do you read poetry?
How do you come across poetry?
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
How did you become aware of poetry?
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets?
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March?
Do you write your own poetry?
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event?
Basically, talk to me about poetry."
Such a great post OP, I like reading poetry and I do write some erotic poems from time to time  |
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"Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales are great stories
Some of it pretty rude too ! 🤭"
Delightfully so. I love the Wife Of Bath eyeing up the legs of her next potential husband at the funeral of her current. |
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"Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales are great stories
Some of it pretty rude too ! 🤭
Delightfully so. I love the Wife Of Bath eyeing up the legs of her next potential husband at the funeral of her current. "
Yes, she's rather saucy !
The Italian filmmaker Passolini did a great adaption of the Tales, a little bit Carry On but worth a watch. |
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I love poetry, I have a few books and have written some in the past.
My aunt loved poetry as did my grandad I guess I picked it up from then.
I have a couple of favorites that I buy their books but don't actively seek them out when book shopping.
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I'm using a book called 52: Write a Poem a Week to write my own poetry. Every week there's a prompt for what to write your poem about. This week's is 'Touch' and it felt like this place might have people interested in writing about this? Write something and share it?
It doesn't have to be touch you share with another person. It could be how your clothing feels on you, the feeling of cutting vegetables for your dinner. Touch is everywhere. |
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"There’s once was a man on fab.
Excited at the possibility of a shag.
The weeks rolled by.
No women said hi.
So now he sucks cock and is bi "
This really made me laugh! Thank you and thank you for taking part |
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I always find it interesting how the majority of those considered great poets were alcoholics, suffered with depression or were from great trauma.
There are so many things we see and experience in life that the English language fails to do justice to or accurately describe. Emotional intelligence as well as a real grasp of language clearly helps with poetry.
The ability to convey emotional response through prose is a real art. |
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"I always find it interesting how the majority of those considered great poets were alcoholics, suffered with depression or were from great trauma.
There are so many things we see and experience in life that the English language fails to do justice to or accurately describe. Emotional intelligence as well as a real grasp of language clearly helps with poetry.
The ability to convey emotional response through prose is a real art."
Do you fancy a go at writing your own? |
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I kind of liked it as a teenager. I tend to gravitate towards literature/poetry in Spanish, as it is my first language. And then you have Latin American Spanish, which is a completely different ballgame.
Two favourite poets: Gabriela Mistral and Rosario Castellanos. The former passionate and a bit dark, the latter made poetry from everyday life. Both amazing, both brilliant. Throw Rubén Dario in the mix and I spent complete afternoons devouring their poems on a sunny afternoon or at school recess. (Break) 😍😍😍
Maybe life -was- better without the internet.
“ Hay besos que calcinan y que hieren,
hay besos que arrebatan los sentidos,
hay besos misteriosos que han dejado
mil sueños errantes y perdidos.” 💋 💋 💋 |
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"I kind of liked it as a teenager. I tend to gravitate towards literature/poetry in Spanish, as it is my first language. And then you have Latin American Spanish, which is a completely different ballgame.
Two favourite poets: Gabriela Mistral and Rosario Castellanos. The former passionate and a bit dark, the latter made poetry from everyday life. Both amazing, both brilliant. Throw Rubén Dario in the mix and I spent complete afternoons devouring their poems on a sunny afternoon or at school recess. (Break) 😍😍😍
Maybe life -was- better without the internet.
“ Hay besos que calcinan y que hieren,
hay besos que arrebatan los sentidos,
hay besos misteriosos que han dejado
mil sueños errantes y perdidos.” 💋 💋 💋 "
My rudimentary Spanish reads that as There are kisses that something and something, a thousand dreams something something. It's definitely better in Spanish!
I don't know you're from exactly but it sounds like Latin America? What do you think of Pablo Neruda? I had a friend in Peru years ago that said men in bars uses his poetry as chat up lines and I thought at the time how jealous I felt. |
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By (user no longer on site) 13 weeks ago
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"I always find it interesting how the majority of those considered great poets were alcoholics, suffered with depression or were from great trauma.
There are so many things we see and experience in life that the English language fails to do justice to or accurately describe. Emotional intelligence as well as a real grasp of language clearly helps with poetry.
The ability to convey emotional response through prose is a real art.
Do you fancy a go at writing your own?"
I would worry that it would just come across as pretentious crap. 😂 |
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"I always find it interesting how the majority of those considered great poets were alcoholics, suffered with depression or were from great trauma.
There are so many things we see and experience in life that the English language fails to do justice to or accurately describe. Emotional intelligence as well as a real grasp of language clearly helps with poetry.
The ability to convey emotional response through prose is a real art.
Do you fancy a go at writing your own?
I would worry that it would just come across as pretentious crap. 😂"
You can make it as pretentious as you like, or not at all! I think the thing is in the trying. |
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"I kind of liked it as a teenager. I tend to gravitate towards literature/poetry in Spanish, as it is my first language. And then you have Latin American Spanish, which is a completely different ballgame.
Two favourite poets: Gabriela Mistral and Rosario Castellanos. The former passionate and a bit dark, the latter made poetry from everyday life. Both amazing, both brilliant. Throw Rubén Dario in the mix and I spent complete afternoons devouring their poems on a sunny afternoon or at school recess. (Break) 😍😍😍
Maybe life -was- better without the internet.
“ Hay besos que calcinan y que hieren,
hay besos que arrebatan los sentidos,
hay besos misteriosos que han dejado
mil sueños errantes y perdidos.” 💋 💋 💋
My rudimentary Spanish reads that as There are kisses that something and something, a thousand dreams something something. It's definitely better in Spanish!
I don't know you're from exactly but it sounds like Latin America? What do you think of Pablo Neruda? I had a friend in Peru years ago that said men in bars uses his poetry as chat up lines and I thought at the time how jealous I felt. "
Pablo Neruda is the romantic “de rigeur” in Spanish poetry. Yes, guys used his lines as chat up lines, probably not now 😢
Chile 🇨🇱 has been an enormous contributor of gems of the written word of Cervantes! 🖊️ 📄 |
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"I wrote a poem about Touch but it would be insensitive to share it here!"
Where to share?
Touch (a collaboration with AI):
Fingers trace where skin meets flame,
A sudden spark, it's you I claim.
Soft we whisper, fierce with desire,
Touch ignites your hidden fire.
Each caress a secret told,
A language warm, unspoken, bold.
In the silence, our bodies speak,
In every touch, it's you I seek. |
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"I wrote a poem about Touch but it would be insensitive to share it here!
Where to share?
Touch (a collaboration with AI):
Fingers trace where skin meets flame,
A sudden spark, it's you I claim.
Soft we whisper, fierce with desire,
Touch ignites your hidden fire.
Each caress a secret told,
A language warm, unspoken, bold.
In the silence, our bodies speak,
In every touch, it's you I seek."
That’s great! Interesting topic when touch seems to be something that society has made us more fearful or cautious of yet it’s absolutely necessary for emotional well-being and a feeling of security.
Keep it going! |
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"I wrote a poem about Touch but it would be insensitive to share it here!
Where to share?
Touch (a collaboration with AI):
Fingers trace where skin meets flame,
A sudden spark, it's you I claim.
Soft we whisper, fierce with desire,
Touch ignites your hidden fire.
Each caress a secret told,
A language warm, unspoken, bold.
In the silence, our bodies speak,
In every touch, it's you I seek."
Ha, love it. What would it be like if you wrote one without ChatGPT?! |
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"There was a young lady from reading
Who craved an emotional connecting
On the top or from behind
Underneath or the side
Connecting was what she was getting "
Did you just write a poem about how I like it FROM BEHIND?! 😂 |
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"There was a young lady from reading
Who craved an emotional connecting
On the top or from behind
Underneath or the side
Connecting was what she was getting
Did you just write a poem about how I like it FROM BEHIND?! 😂"
I can perform it through the media of dorian mime too... Hes behind you! |
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Start off with songs, as they are the most musical form of verse. Eventually you will end up in poetry, then prose poetry then prose.
Writers and authors write prose-all about the grammar
Poets write verse-all about the musicality and tempo/beat/rhyme and other techniques.
Poems are about the feeling.
Some songs are only one verse long and look a lot like poetry
Severance by Dead can dance
Severance
The birds of leaving call to us
Yet here we stand
Endowed with the fear of flight
Overland
The winds of change consume the land
While we remain
In the shadow of summers now past
When all the leaves
Have fallen and turned to dust
Will we remain
Entrenched within our ways?
Indifference
The plague that moves throughout this land
Omen signs
In the shapes of things to come
Tomorrow's child is the only child
Tomorrow's child is the only child
14 Black paintings by Peter Gabriel all about Mark Rothko, the painter's struggle
From the pain come the dream
From the dream come the vision
From the vision come the people
And from the people come the power
From this power come the change
We do what we're told (Milgrams 37) an experiment that was on The Simpsons
We do what we're told
We do what we're told
We do what we're told
Told to do
We do what we're told
We do what we're told
We do what we're told
Told to do
Poetry works best, when it comes with the right voice, explanation and background music.
Film makers know this. English teachers from my schools didn't. |
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By *nnCeeWoman 13 weeks ago
East of Eden, West of Hell |
"If you want the same entrance to poetry that I had, the three poems he sent me were:
Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
Wait by Galway Kinnell
i carry your heart with me by ee cummings
Let me know what you think if you do check them out."
I adore 'i carry your heart'. It was used in "In Her Shoes" and I sought it out. Some of cummings' other poems are quite unusual.
I had a book of children's poetry when I was young. Every now and again I go through a phase of reading more. I shall definitely look out some of the poems mentioned here.
But I dearly love W.B. Yeats' "He wishes for the cloths of Heaven":
"Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
I also love some of war poetry. Absolutely heartbreaking!
I've still got an old ("borrowed") school exercise book with 'Poems, Passages and Moving Lines' written out.! 🙈
This is one of mine, which I wrote when I was perhaps late teens?
Meadow
There is a meadow I know
That stretches as far as the eye can see
If you were to walk through the tall, green grass
You could walk forever and never reach the end
Until the day you turn,
To see the meadow you travelled through,
Stretching out behind you,
Full of golden corn
And only then do you find;
You've come to the hedge at the other side. |
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By *orny PTMan 13 weeks ago
Peterborough |
"I of mine, which I wrote when I was perhaps late teens?
Meadow
There is a meadow I know
That stretches as far as the eye can see
If you were to walk through the tall, green grass
You could walk forever and never reach the end
Until the day you turn,
To see the meadow you travelled through,
Stretching out behind you,
Full of golden corn
And only then do you find;
You've come to the hedge at the other side."
Have you put your poem into Google's notebook LM?
It's good for having a fresh pair of eyes to read your work. If you copy then paste your chosen text, you can read their question answer session.
There is also a panel called studio and in a couple of minutes, to Americans will start discussing your work and deep diving into the meaning and it's like being famous for 5 minutes. Think bookclub review on late night radio/podcast.
Good for people who have no one else around to read out and give their 2 cents worth. |
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Do you like poetry?
Yes, I do like it, Very much.
Do you read poetry?
Not as much as I should, I literally on my phone, sitting beside my Fernando Pessoa and Carlos Drummond de Andrade books and I didn't finish any of them =\
It would be nice incorporate reading poetry in my routine, but as it goes for the moment, I definitely need to be in the mood for it.
I love when I just come across a poem though...
How do you come across poetry?
No idea actually, school or the Bible??
Do you go looking for it or are you only aware of it when a character in a film/book/tv series references it?
Answered in the other questions
How did you become aware of poetry?
To really capture my attention I think it was trough music and pop culture, I always loved to read the lyric, try to memorise the rhymes, make my own ones when I thought some didn't sound great, specially in rap music.
Do you have recommendations for favourite poems or poets? I don't think I can recommend anything in English that wasn't already mentioned. But listening to Doechii
Did you know that World Poetry Day is on 21 March? Didn't had a clue.
Do you write your own poetry?
Yes. I do try. Really helps me to deal with my own head and my experience with life.
Have you ever been to a poetry slam or open mic event? Yes I a saw a Slan in a festival here in Ireland and it was amazing, I think the scene here it's very rich.
Basically, talk to me about poetry.
This topic it's amazing, I think we could organise a social, Slam themed... |
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By *orny PTMan 11 weeks ago
Peterborough |
Poetry: even the experts can't agree, whether or not poems should rhyme.
The approach is up to you: do you want to come from a songwriting approach and use predictability and form to create your work, or do you want to write something that's almost a story, both in shape and size? |
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By *mandoMan 11 weeks ago
Shrewsbury |
I used to write alot of that stuff in my teens and 20's.
I was (& still am) a sado! 🤣
(Jokes.. poetry is actually very personal and usually meant something to us at the time, due to hardships or feelings of love) . |
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By *mandoMan 11 weeks ago
Shrewsbury |
"I wouldn't sit and read it myself but I enjoy teaching it to exam groups.
The exception is Tim Burton's. I like his characters in poetry."
I loved reading your Bio. "Drawn with your left hand! 🤣"
That cracked me up, fair play! |
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Working on this at the minute. Very much half done....
Her legs, their bones
Slick tight wrapped around
Blood wet
Marrrow souls
Learned to walk
Dance
Curl
Around people
Places
I might have passed but
Didn't know
The sparkle
Of the girl
At the time
And now she's mine
Mrs marrow
Treacle stuck
Slow stretch
Bouncing on the fickle edge
Of heartbeats
Buck
And daylight
Casting questions
Burning triangles
Taking stock
And chasing
Time
Bell rings time to
Shake the daylight off
Like sandy towels
Sinking through gas
Of passed conversations
And exhale into the stars
Somebody's secrets
Blossoming in billowing
Breath clawing for air
I'm feeling lost please
Say that you're here.
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"Working on this at the minute. Very much half done....
Her legs, their bones
Slick tight wrapped around
Blood wet
Marrrow souls
Learned to walk
Dance
Curl
Around people
Places
I might have passed but
Didn't know
The sparkle
Of the girl
At the time
And now she's mine
Mrs marrow
Treacle stuck
Slow stretch
Bouncing on the fickle edge
Of heartbeats
Buck
And daylight
Casting questions
Burning triangles
Taking stock
And chasing
Time
Bell rings time to
Shake the daylight off
Like sandy towels
Sinking through gas
Of passed conversations
And exhale into the stars
Somebody's secrets
Blossoming in billowing
Breath clawing for air
I'm feeling lost please
Say that you're here.
"
Did you finished?? |
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