I have never in my life liked poetry. It simple doesn't resonate for me.

Can you:

a) explain why you like poetry, what it does for you
b) recommend some good poems to read. And also suggest "how" I should read them so that they have an impact.

Thanks in advance!

ekt_bear: I have never in my life liked poetry. It simple doesn't resonate for me.

Can you:

a) explain why you like poetry, what it does for you
b) recommend some good poems to read. And also suggest "how" I should read them so that they have an impact.

Thanks in advance!

abeg just tell us you met a hot english major and are looking for how to pique her interest

Lol, no. Ain't got nothing to do with women. Besides, I don't do that type of stuff, faking interests to please a girl

Why I love poetry?
Put simply, it's a creative form of art and it's fun telling so much by saying so little.

Hmmm...

As for recommendation, start with simple poems.

Go to the Poems review in this section for starters.

I hope this helps.

ekt_bear: I have never in my life liked poetry. It simple doesn't resonate for me.

Can you:

a) explain why you like poetry, what it does for you

I have a similar reaction to poetry in general, but to a lesser extent, since there are a few poems that I do actually like. Most poetry doesn't stir me in any way or make me react much. In fact, I would say most poetry doesn't appeal to me because I find it boring. However, I think that some of the best or most liked poems of some poets are justly famous. These poems are pleasing to read because of the beautiful or clever way they use language. That's why I like the ones that I like anyway. Other people might have different reasons.

b) recommend some good poems to read. And also suggest "how" I should read them so that they have an impact.

Thanks in advance!

These are the poems that I like. I don't know if you'll necessarily find them "good" though:

1. Rabindranath Tagore - Unending Love
-I think this can be read as it is in a straightforward manner. The message is simple, but the way it is expressed is perfect.

2. William Butler Yeats - The Second Coming
-I think this is about wars and the apocalypse or something like that. The poem does make me actually imagine the world described in it. I guess if you read it while trying to imagine what he's describing like I do, it might have more of an impact.

3. Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias
-This can be read in a straightforward manner. It's about how the might of past kings does not last. I like the setup and how that idea is expressed.

4. Walter Scott - Patriotism
-The idea of the poem and the way it's conveyed is great to me. No particular way one needs to read this. The message is clear.

5. Shakespeare - All the World's A Stage
-Straightforward. I like the descriptions throughout and the clever ending lines.

6. Paul Laurence Dunbar - At Sunset Time
-Kind of depressing, but beautifully expressed.

7. Rudyard Kipling - If
-Also straightforward to read. The idea is good and it is conveyed simply and clearly.

8. the last part of Alfred Tennyson's poem "Ulysses"
-I don't like the whole poem, just the last part, and I think that part is good no matter how one reads it.

9. Willem Cullen Bryant - Thanatopsis
-This is a nice one to read when the situation around you is a bit depressing. It's uplifting, although it comes across as kind of bleak at first, but it always puts things in perspective.

10. Dambudzo Marechera - Identify the Identity Parade
-This one is not straightforward and I'm not sure I get what this one is really about, but I thought the lines were clever and even a bit funny.

11. Rabindranath Tagore - Where the Mind is Without Fear
-Clear message and beautifully expressed. The wish of the poem is for his country, but I think every person wishes this for their country as well.

12. Alfred Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade
- The way I read this one is to imagine the events that are being described happening.

13. William Meredith - The Illiterate
- Doesn't seem to be straightforward as far as its meaning, but I like it nonetheless. I don't know how other people interpret it, but it seems to me that it's about being surprised and confused by the unexpected goodness of other people.

The poems I mentioned above:

1. Tagore - Unending Love: http://allpoetry.com/poem/8516619-Unending_Love-by-Rabindranath_Tagore
2. Yeats - The Second Coming: http://www.potw.org/archive/potw351.html
3. Shelley - Ozymandias: http://www.potw.org/archive/potw46.html
4. Scott - Patriotism: http://www.bartleby.com/101/547.html
5. Shakespeare - All the World's A Stage: http://allpoetry.com/poem/8449743-All_The_Worlds_A_Stage-by-William_Shakespeare
6. Dunbar - At Sunset Time: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/at-sunset-time/
7. Kipling - If: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if/
8. Tennyson - Ulysses: http://www.bartleby.com/246/375.html
9. Bryant - Thanatopsis: http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bryant/thanatopsis.html or http://www.bartleby.com/102/16.html
11. Tagore - Where the Mind is Without Fear: http://allpoetry.com/poem/8516621-Where_The_Mind_Is_Without_Fear-by-Rabindranath_Tagore
12. Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade: http://www.nationalcenter.org/ChargeoftheLightBrigade.html
13. Meredith - The Illiterate: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171853

10. Marechera - Identify the Identity Parade:

"I am the luggage no one will claim;
The out of place turd all deny
Responsibility;
The incredulous sneer all tuck away
beneath bland smiles;
The loud fart all silently agree never
happened;
The sheer bad breath you politely confront
with mouthwashed platitudes: “After all, it’s POETRY.”
I am the rat every cat secretly admires;
The cat every dog secretly fears;
The pervert every honest citizen surprises
in his own mirror: POET."

ekt_bear: I have never in my life liked poetry. It simple doesn't resonate for me.

Can you:

a) explain why you like poetry, what it does for you

I love reading a few poems, but like writing loads of em
it puts my feet in 2 worlds, while playing with words
i.e, I could be writing about something I like, and yet presenting it like something else that someone can relate to

Now imagine I want to talk about creativity, innovation, writing etc in a poetic way. Watch this:

......................................................
the quivering pen is out
starring in wonder at the unspoiled void

wetness at last
the void despoiled

a heave, silence, and its all out
now to life the deep has been crowned

never again in the place of imaginations

............................................................

You notice that what I have written can also be intepreted as s.ex
simply because I created my poem to fit into that mould
So much fun isn't it?

ekt_bear:
b) recommend some good poems to read. And also suggest "how" I should read them so that they have an impact.

This is one of my favourites

................
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?

No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

Leisure by W. H. Davies
.............................

This is how you can read it.
-imagine you're a kid wen ya papa send u message to go buy fanta come
instead of running the errand quickly, u spend time creating movies out of everything you see along the way
- It also helps you relax when you are so, so driven that you are loosing your leisure

^^^

Umh,,,.....
I am beginning to think I am actually gifted o
'probably should seek shelter under cuddlemii's wings

*scratches head*

esere826:


This is how you can read it.
-imagine you're a kid wen ya papa send u message to go buy fanta come
instead of running the errand quickly, u spend time creating movies out of everything you see along the way
- It also helps you relax when you are so, so driven that you are loosing your leisure

Loving your transition:
Mindscape to landscape.
Unfreeze your thoughts into words!

firestar:

Loving your transition:
Mindscape to landscape.
Unfreeze your thoughts into words!

chei!!!
na the real owners of literature/writting section be this o
Me, i am just a pretender

I hail thee o great queen

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