I write poetry too, both with and without rhyming. it seems the poem leads me as the thoughts come into my mind. I think content matters most and the frame work is created therein.
Who are you,? and Where can you be found, besides here?
@RAOKFNPR I rarely check in to this account now, so sorry for the delay. Who am I? Noone, really - but Jackson Bates is my name, if that helps narrow down my identity. Where can I be found? Google 'Malgalin' and you'll probably find all the breadcrumbs, should you care to.
Of course the real question is: Does it matter? On here we're all just 'Joe Internetuser' after all...
Although the comment about children just being told to "express themselves" isn't true. I visit lots of schools and I (and most poets and teachers I know) do teach to form and style, and the national curriculum does suggest using models to teach to. Si bluuuuuuu to Stephen Fry (even though, I agree, he is VERY clever.)
(My children's poems, BTW, you'll find on rogerstevenspoet )
I agree that one should know the rules before you break them, and to know why you are not following them, but i would still say that almost every breath taking peice i have heard does nothing but create its own rhythm, progressing and degressing as the lines, ideas and emotions do. I think the best poets, writers, and artists define their own rhythm, and in even the lack of order there is defined and polished rhythm it is simply unlike others.
Yes, this is exactly what appeals to me about the very best writers. When the idea, emotion and rhythm all come together it can be breath taking as you say, but sometimes there is a rather insidious breed of writer that can really whip up alot of emotion by clever use of rhythm only to leave you with rather vacuous or insipid ideas.
I write poetry too, both with and without rhyming. it seems the poem leads me as the thoughts come into my mind. I think content matters most and the frame work is created therein.
Who are you,? and Where can you be found, besides here?
RAOKFNPR 11 months ago
@RAOKFNPR I rarely check in to this account now, so sorry for the delay. Who am I? Noone, really - but Jackson Bates is my name, if that helps narrow down my identity. Where can I be found? Google 'Malgalin' and you'll probably find all the breadcrumbs, should you care to.
Of course the real question is: Does it matter? On here we're all just 'Joe Internetuser' after all...
poesho 10 months ago
a brilliant response
hume12345 2 years ago
walt whitman was the first to write in free verse.
kilgoretrout02 3 years ago
Although the comment about children just being told to "express themselves" isn't true. I visit lots of schools and I (and most poets and teachers I know) do teach to form and style, and the national curriculum does suggest using models to teach to. Si bluuuuuuu to Stephen Fry (even though, I agree, he is VERY clever.)
(My children's poems, BTW, you'll find on rogerstevenspoet )
happy2oblige 3 years ago
Some good points here.
happy2oblige 3 years ago
I agree that one should know the rules before you break them, and to know why you are not following them, but i would still say that almost every breath taking peice i have heard does nothing but create its own rhythm, progressing and degressing as the lines, ideas and emotions do. I think the best poets, writers, and artists define their own rhythm, and in even the lack of order there is defined and polished rhythm it is simply unlike others.
1Aware1 3 years ago
Yes, this is exactly what appeals to me about the very best writers. When the idea, emotion and rhythm all come together it can be breath taking as you say, but sometimes there is a rather insidious breed of writer that can really whip up alot of emotion by clever use of rhythm only to leave you with rather vacuous or insipid ideas.
poesho 3 years ago