tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post2837269179647748731..comments2015-10-26T10:05:46.389-05:00Comments on Lives Remembered: On Writing Bad PoetryJoshua Sutherland Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247724319064952602noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-45242179983475073342015-09-15T07:56:18.143-05:002015-09-15T07:56:18.143-05:00You've been reading the same collections I hav...You've been reading the same collections I have.Gen Giggles https://www.blogger.com/profile/13744815023509063722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-90527097031515454842015-09-14T01:44:48.435-05:002015-09-14T01:44:48.435-05:00I thoroughly enjoyed this, and I can see you did t...I thoroughly enjoyed this, and I can see you did too. I forgive your scurrilous remarks about Hiawatha and Whitman, because of your much more apt slur on that dreadful Joyce Kilmer poem. :-)Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-44857307713892168942015-09-13T22:22:42.953-05:002015-09-13T22:22:42.953-05:00not always brevity is the soul of wit..lol...what ...not always brevity is the soul of wit..lol...what a poem!...this is brilliant!...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-5420946148305052082015-09-13T18:51:44.349-05:002015-09-13T18:51:44.349-05:00nice - you dropped some knowledge todaynice - you dropped some knowledge todayBrother Olliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506492407482879487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-67249216464272603772015-09-13T18:08:21.840-05:002015-09-13T18:08:21.840-05:00A sound from the heart
Passing briefly the tongue
...A sound from the heart<br />Passing briefly the tongue<br />And vocal chords and flying<br />Through air to the ear<br /><br />Such a lovely sentiment :DSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-83258129474531214722015-09-13T14:55:04.150-05:002015-09-13T14:55:04.150-05:00I join you in preferring to shot rather than readi...I join you in preferring to shot rather than reading limericks, LOL. This is a wonderful dissertation on writing options, Joshua........well penned. I love best "Poetry is ...a sound from the heart."Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-60481425389034934132015-09-13T14:15:22.514-05:002015-09-13T14:15:22.514-05:00This is quite a poem. I am sure that what is thoug...This is quite a poem. I am sure that what is thought to be good form by one poet (or reader) might be thought trite or poor form or boring by another. Thank goodness there are enough forms that every reader or writer can decide for themselves what they write or read. I liked how your poem took a look at so many different styles.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-38076113325914096442015-09-13T11:59:52.421-05:002015-09-13T11:59:52.421-05:00Ha, yes there are so many ways to write bad poetry...Ha, yes there are so many ways to write bad poetry after all, and plating the dung with gold , still makes it dung... I like your textbook approach.. Though I battle with form I think the content is better when I wrote prose.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532344078749918510.post-46554831365658632282015-09-11T09:00:50.687-05:002015-09-11T09:00:50.687-05:00True ease in writing comes from Art, not Chance,
A...True ease in writing comes from Art, not Chance,<br />As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. <br />Couplets offer wit and scope<br />When handled by a Dean or Pope.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115539340866502308noreply@blogger.com