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 Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:33 pm
So I was wondering how you liked reading poetry. Are you more for lengthy epics or are you into your typical rhyming schemes? Or even haiku? So many types to choose from, I was curious what everyone liked.
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:21 am
I usually like freeverse that don't rhyme and are relatively short. Most Scott and Byron work for me!
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:13 pm
I love any type of poetry, as long as it's emotional.
I find it very easy and more effective to write with my emotions, no matter if they're funny, violent, happy, or sad.
So I'll like, as long as it feels like something from the heart.
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:16 am
I like poems no longer than two pages, preferably one page.
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:37 am
When it comes to poetry I have no clear-cut preferances. At least none that I've figured out.
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:44 am
I'm not picky. In writing, I prefer open poetry, but in reading, I'll read anything.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:24 am
I like reading haiku but I basically like almost all types of poems as long as there is a story or meaning behind it.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:34 am
I like poems that have a story, like The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe or The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. I enjoy the rhyming poem and generally short ones that are easy to figure out. I hate having to spend weeks trying to understand.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:53 pm
I also tend to like epic, story-telling poems.
There are exceptions, though, such as the poet e e cummings. smile
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:55 pm
I'll read anything as long as it has a good rhyme and/or flow. It has to have one of the two otherwise I won't read it. Fave. poem is, by far, The Raven.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:28 pm
I like reading and writing poetry that is deep, meaningful, and often tells a story. I can't stand shallow drivel like: My friend's name is Matt/He has a pet cat. That's just stupid. Unless the cat somehow dies in a tragic accident which changes Matt's outlook on life so he suicides, killing thousands of people in the proccess...But I digress.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:06 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:58 pm
well, i definatley prefer rhyming over free-verse, however if it has a good flow and structure, i'll accept it. when it comes to poetry, i like the stuff that has deep meaing. for example, if i have to spend five minutes reading a poem, spending five minutes at least trying to uncover it's deep meanings makes it worth my time.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:27 pm
I think another worhty mention would be the Beat Poets of the 1940s-'60s.
what I've read of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" is phenomenal. The old axiom that poetry must be read aloud is so incredibly verified by "Howl". If you fail to read the piece beyond your head you miss a great deal of what the poem is about, the sound it creates. The way in which the words flow and the imagery are mindblowing.
Whether you are a fan of the beatniks and free love, or the general chaos of the subculture of the '50s, as well as general '60s culture, I suggest you read "Howl". It's something you'd probably be more well off asking your teacher to borrow rather than a school library, unless, of course, you attend a fairly liberal high-school. Colleges excepted, of course.
Hopefully you may find the "orange crates of theology" as Ginsberg put it.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:33 am
I don't like long poems, because I think that in a poem you're meant to get to the point..otherwise you might as well write a story..
I'm not too fond of poems that rhyme all the time...rhyming couplets are ok..
My favourite poet is probably Carol Ann Duffy...she writes very modern poems about today's society which is why they appeal so much to me...
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