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~AtaxicInferno:iconAtaxicInferno: Apr 28, 2008, 11:48:35 AM
Sure, plenty of us still write it and read works of past poets, but who really understands poetry anymore? Most people I know have succumbed to an age of stupidity where they value moronic song lyrics more than genuine verse and completely neglect poetry as an art form. Though I think poetry is as volatile and important as ever, have we reached a canonical impass where individuals will merely shoot off in every direction? Will poetry ever truly advance as a literary form, or is it doomed to supplement music and art in a watered-down, mediocre format? I will continue to write and explore the potentials of poetry, but I am wondering how everyone feels about the rising generation which seems poetically illiterate and apathetic. How will the voice of poets fall upon ear which do not and do not care to understand?

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~GraigRussell:iconGraigRussell: Apr 28, 2008, 2:30:47 PM
Having somewhat of a postmodern crisis it seems?

As far as people only enjoying moronic lyrics? Well, if you went back 100 years, there were still people who didn't appreciate poetry and what have you, and they were still in the majority. It's the lens of time that portrays the past as idyllic.

As far as everything branching off into mutually exclusive subgenre, well that's the age we live in. We no longer live in a homogenised (and hopefully one day less hegemonic) world. It's actually questionable we ever did. Another case of history playing smoke and mirrors.

So, don't worry about poetry, and keep thinking about the postmodern problem, Maybe you'll solve it :)

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~givemeliberty:icongivemeliberty: Apr 28, 2008, 3:53:43 PM
I agree with everything this gentleman said.
~AtaxicInferno:iconAtaxicInferno: Apr 28, 2008, 8:41:49 PM
I guess you're right. I suppose Dickinson and Eliot were surrounded with the same problems, though we don't see the other offsprings of their time.

I just remember writing an essay sophomore year in high school on whether "Poetry is Dead", and immediately responding with a "Yes, and good!". However, I've since taken it up and cannot help but seeing things which justify my prior stance.
~GraigRussell:iconGraigRussell: Apr 29, 2008, 1:29:50 AM
:iconbritishplz: Good-o

Thank you

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~critmass:iconcritmass: Apr 29, 2008, 7:55:16 AM
down to the nightclub

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~critmass:iconcritmass: Apr 29, 2008, 7:56:34 AM
my volatile signs are tanking

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it would for perfection's sake, need to take place in intercourse, penn. and you'd hafta wear a summer dress with pearls.
`SparrowSong:iconSparrowSong: Apr 29, 2008, 11:44:27 AM
We don't see all the drivel during Dickinson's (and Eliot's) time because it dies off. Why would an educator teach the bad poetry?
~critmass:iconcritmass: Apr 29, 2008, 1:38:29 PM
really, what part of "history playing with smoke and mirrors" do you agree with, because I'm stumped at that collection of words.

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it would for perfection's sake, need to take place in intercourse, penn. and you'd hafta wear a summer dress with pearls.
~AtaxicInferno:iconAtaxicInferno: Apr 29, 2008, 1:45:57 PM
That was my point, all of you are right.
~jack-cade:iconjack-cade: Apr 30, 2008, 11:53:22 AM
"Will poetry ever truly advance as a literary form..."

Advance where? As soon as art becomes about a record of mankind's achievements, I start yawning. It's more important as a mode of meaningful cultural discourse, and poetry's doing as well as anything in this regard.

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