Re: misc. poetry

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Posted by john on July 03, 2002 at 06:18:28:

In Reply to: misc. poetry posted by jeannie on July 02, 2002 at 19:47:24:

I like poetry with form...specifically rhyme and meter. To me free verse has to be really really good for me to get into it. I sometimes feel that the new chik is to forget the structure in poetry...at least in amature circles. Frankly unstructured poetry is nothing more than stilted prose...at least that's my opinion (and Robert Frost's more or less)

So I really liked Bert's thing.

Also I like alot of Chris Kingsford's new hip hop/ beat stuff, but there again... it has a structure, even if it is often synchopated.

nothing personal to all the free versers out there, it's just my own prefernece.

: here's something bert wrote a few years ago i always liked. hope you enjoy it:

: The Thief of History

: Today no one
: Tomorrow someone
: And the one who is someone
: I’ll take his place
: For the stories well tell...we know so well
: Is history now mystery?
: They change by the minute, the hour, the day
: Now what to believe is a tale of history
: a mystery gone forever
: 10,000 years later a rude dictator
: takes everything you were told from days of old
: and changes the story for his glory
: and his story is now told
: Is it truth you believe or were you deceived?
: In this life you’ll never know

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  - free verse, structured poems..... giveawayboy 09:13:23 07/05/02 (1)
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: I like poetry with form...specifically rhyme and meter. To me free verse has to be really really good for me to get into it. I sometimes feel that the new chik is to forget the structure in poetry...at least in amature circles. Frankly unstructured poetry is nothing more than stilted prose...at least that's my opinion (and Robert Frost's more or less) : So I really liked Bert's thing. : Also I like alot of Chris Kingsford's new hip hop/ beat stuff, but there again... it has a structure, even if it is often synchopated. : nothing personal to all the free versers out there, it's just my own prefernece. : : here's something bert wrote a few years ago i always liked. hope you enjoy it: : : The Thief of History : : Today no one : : Tomorrow someone : : And the one who is someone : : I’ll take his place : : For the stories well tell...we know so well : : Is history now mystery? : : They change by the minute, the hour, the day : : Now what to believe is a tale of history : : a mystery gone forever : : 10,000 years later a rude dictator : : takes everything you were told from days of old : : and changes the story for his glory : : and his story is now told : : Is it truth you believe or were you deceived? : : In this life you’ll never know

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