I find the phrase/concept "write great poetry" highly suspect.
A small amount of the poetry being written now may turn out to be "great" in
the view of later ages. Hughes and Plath were politically very important and
will probably stay that way. Bukowski - brilliant, different and fun.
otherwise, great's a rather meaningless tag-on word to poetry, part of the
popular vocabulary of poetry, like submit and inspire.
I don't think anyone can set out to write great poetry. They can set out to
learn to write good poetry, and indeed it isnt worth trying to write any
other sort!
bw
SallyE
on 6/11/03 9:27 pm, paul murphy at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> agreed, it is not enough to have perfected the formal means of poetry, one
> must also have something to say. even if one has no kind of poetic form, it
> is still very possible to write great poetry, because of the urgency of ones
> message. Maybe Bukowski is an example of this? PM
>
>> From: Annabelle Baptista <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: New Sub: Poodles' Bling Bling
>> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:01:08 -0500
>>
>> Yeah, it doesn't seem to work. I was hoping someone could see something in
>> it, but I think I try to do much with to little.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Pennine Poetry Works [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>> Behalf Of paul murphy
>> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:09 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: New Sub: Poodles' Bling Bling
>>
>>
>> a strange poem which doesn't seem to say much
>> I also tried a Dachshund poem, it didn't say much either. save yer doggy
>> poems for the children's poetry section of the bookstore. but maybe this
>> is
>> a children's poem, or a teenagers?
>> best wishes,
>> Paul Murphy
>>
>>> From: Annabelle Baptista <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: New Sub: Poodles' Bling Bling
>>> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:34:06 -0500
>>>
>>> Poodles’ bling bling
>>>
>>> In the Mansion of the Dog Star the poodles blink,
>>> Blink in their bling, bling.
>>> Their bloodline as thin as the blank stare of any
>>> Ivy leaguer in lettered sweater. Carrying papers,
>>> of lineage, and privilege, Skipper, Rex,
>>> Madge and Winkie hold court.
>>>
>>> With egress to the avenue, these royal heirs of
>>> Pamperdom walk their walkers.
>>> Piddle in poopers carried through palaces and presidential suites.
>>> This breeds’ haunches are higher
>>> Their intelligence, scientifically proven.
>>>
>>> In the evening, they look up from their carriers in
>>> upscale restaurants at anorexic models sniffing saccharine
>>> drinks blowing kisses at their coddled toy, miniature, minions,
>>> sitting in Hermes carriers, wearing Gucci sweaters
>>>
>>> They are registered for silverware and place sets,
>>> They are given maids whose backgrounds have
>>> Foreign names to feed them biscuits from flaky fingertips.
>>> To preheat the cream. Some say they resemble their masters.
>>> In a manner of speaking, but whose talking? Noone is talking.
>>> They aren’t talking.
>>>
>>> Annabelle Baptista
>>
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