tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post8255529523149024389..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: POETRY IS DEADRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-3152494458924076192016-06-16T22:18:38.835-05:002016-06-16T22:18:38.835-05:00It would be nice to think so. :-) Sadly, numbers o...It would be nice to think so. :-) Sadly, numbers or the lack thereof do not lie. Poetry is withering as a viable art formRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-47636809823479088562016-06-16T22:17:10.399-05:002016-06-16T22:17:10.399-05:00I've been meaning to read The Collected Works ...I've been meaning to read The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje. We are becoming an increasingly emotionally cut-off society preferring Vox and texting to human to human interaction. :-(Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-57814559704260715772016-06-16T16:48:33.782-05:002016-06-16T16:48:33.782-05:00I read and write enough poetry to help make up for...I read and write enough poetry to help make up for all the people who don't read it. Or write it.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-20175626001146309402016-06-16T14:59:43.258-05:002016-06-16T14:59:43.258-05:00Poetry takes time and introspection. In our fast-p...Poetry takes time and introspection. In our fast-paced world, that time is spent on social media. Also: Poets aren't known for making lots of money, are they? I prefer the classic poets for the most part, then the beat poets, and at the last, a very few modern poets. Last poetry read: The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje. One of my oldest books on poetry: Love Poems of Ovid, purchased while in college and idealistic.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-8949907818532230812016-06-16T10:34:01.942-05:002016-06-16T10:34:01.942-05:00Aren't they though? The statistics for those w...Aren't they though? The statistics for those who read anything for pleasure aren't much better. Ouch!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-64902441911835367232016-06-16T10:31:19.535-05:002016-06-16T10:31:19.535-05:00Good for you. Keep poetry alive. As we both are sc...Good for you. Keep poetry alive. As we both are science fiction fans, I thought you might find a bit of verse from Slyvia Plath's Mad Girl's Love Song interesting (though I am sure she was unaware that at the end of the universe all will shift from the red to the blue spectrum.) --<br /><br />"The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,<br />And arbitrary blackness gallops in:<br />I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead."Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-21147802282407679212016-06-16T10:26:44.122-05:002016-06-16T10:26:44.122-05:00Yes, writers (your posts are lovely by the way) al...Yes, writers (your posts are lovely by the way) all tend to be drawn to some poetry. I've not seen that Hamilton clip but hip hop is not my brand of tea. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-50849535499416161732016-06-16T10:24:03.966-05:002016-06-16T10:24:03.966-05:00No, not good at all. :-(
I am happy to meet anoth...No, not good at all. :-(<br /><br />I am happy to meet another Frost and Rossetti reader. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-6538204982963556802016-06-16T10:17:56.837-05:002016-06-16T10:17:56.837-05:00Wow. Those are some scary statistics.Wow. Those are some scary statistics.The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-61470050554357678332016-06-16T10:16:24.732-05:002016-06-16T10:16:24.732-05:00Everything evolves I guess. Hear that whirring sou...Everything evolves I guess. Hear that whirring sound? It is Robert Frost spinning in his grave hearing Rap and Hip Hop called poetry. :-)<br /><br />Greetings to a fellow poetry reader.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-19601025402031454762016-06-16T08:06:07.072-05:002016-06-16T08:06:07.072-05:00As I follow several poets, I read four to ten a da...As I follow several poets, I read four to ten a day.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-63282597795595803072016-06-16T03:21:10.957-05:002016-06-16T03:21:10.957-05:00Hi Roland - I've started to read more poetry ....Hi Roland - I've started to read more poetry ... but not enough by any standards of the imagination ... I probably need to take a poetry course, to understand some of it ... <br /><br />Loved the Robin Williams clip - we probably need to remember how often the arts is interlinked permanently with the practical side of life ... <br /><br />Helena's comment rings true - I'd seen the Hamilton clip at the Obama's do .. and found it fascinating ... <br /><br />Fortunately we have a number of bloggers who include, and write poetry ... cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-66144974988641524622016-06-16T03:10:40.531-05:002016-06-16T03:10:40.531-05:00Hmmm...those stats don't look good.
Christin...Hmmm...those stats don't look good. <br /><br />Christina Rossetti and Frost both close favourites of mine. Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2682558307676371972016-06-16T00:32:14.961-05:002016-06-16T00:32:14.961-05:00You're a fellow poetry reader! And I thought I...You're a fellow poetry reader! And I thought I was the only person I knew who still reads poetry. But there's one semi-positive observation I will make: after watching the Tony Awards on Sunday, in which as expected Hamilton walked away with the lion's share of awards, I thought about how the hip hop etc. rhymes and rhythms of Hamilton's songs are so appealing to so many people. Maybe poetry reading dropped off because too much modern poetry doesn't have rhythm and rhyme but are instead free form?<br /><br />Then again, I love the modern poetry of Seamus Heaney, but even his work is very musical.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.com