Let' discuss our "take" on poetry. What do you think of poetry - especially in its spoken form? Do you believe that it speaks to the soul? How do you think it differs from telling a story? Have you ever written a poem? Do you have any favorites that you would like to share?
Well i don't particularly care for poetry. I just always thought it was very dull. It just doesnt seem to have the excitement when reading it like a novel would have. To me poets seem to be the people that have emotional problems and poetry is the only way they can releave that stress. Yet, when spoken by the right person poetry can be exciting. So maybe its simply the poem or possibly its the person telling it. Well i myself obviously have written a poem before, but it was for school. I have never wrote a poem on my own. I don't have a personal favorite, however, the one that was told by the football player on that video was really good. Unfiortunatly i don't know the name of it!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love poetry, in any form. I first discovered it though Shell Silversein when I was little, but now I love anything really. Don’t get me wrong I still love Shell! But yes I have written poetry, I do often. It is a great way to express feelings and relax. Poetry is just so great to me. I love my poem that I picked to recite. (Romance by Claude McKay) Even though it does say breast, and our class is too INMATURE to handle it! I think it is a beautiful love poem. The type of poetry I like is mainly poetry that’s words take you to another place, poems with a lot of imagery are my favorite. Oh and Kevin it’s the Jabberwocky! I don’t know if that’s how you spell it but I love that poem too!
ReplyDeleteI don't really enjoy reading poetry, but I love to listen to other people recite it. I think how the reader says the poem makes all the difference in how the poem is interoperated. Like Alyssa, I loved Shell Silverstein when I was younger. I still like to read some of his poems just because they're all really funny. I don't have a favorite poem. Honestly, I enjoy reading stories more than poems, but I think it's fascinating that such a big message can be delivered through a short poem.
ReplyDeleteI love poetry. I remember when I was 5 or 6 my favorite poem was "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll. It is more famously known in the movie Alice In Wonderland. I used to go around my house reciting it to everyone. It was great! Even now, 10 years later, I still love poetry. I think poetry has more of an effect on people than they really understand. Since a lot of poems rhyme, or atleast have a rhythm, they are more easily remembered by people. That's why I think poetry has more of an impact on people than just a typical paragraph from a novel. You don't hear people quoting lines from a novel as much as lines of a poem.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I've despised poetry through most of my life. Recently I've come to appriciate it more, but I'm still under the impression that a poem must rhyme to be acceptable. Rhyming and beat are the most beneficial things a poem can have. Agreeing with Michele, It is exponentially more entertaining to hear a poem recited than to simply read one. I'm a far bigger fan of the ultimate form of poetry, lyric writing.
ReplyDeletePoetry and I seem to have a love-hate relationship. On the one hand, I just cannot write poetry for the life of me. It's always the rhyming that gets me; I am unable to find words that rhyme with the words I want to express myself with. Also, I have comparatively less rhythm with poetry than with music. I guess I could sum it all up with writer’s block (or in this case, poet’s block). However, recently (before speech class) I have developed a fascination and respect for poetry. I awed by the wide range of themes that can be communicated by poetry. Probably the main reason I now love poetry is because I love analyzing them. I find dissecting a poem rather like dissecting the fetal pig from Biology II; as you dig deeper, you discover more and more connections and experience greater understanding of how the pig/theme works. Indeed, in my extended dissection metaphor, the fetal pig represents a poem, which is a representation of a universal truth. Whenever I realize a (possible) meaning to a poem, the epiphany that follows is absolutely intoxicating. My thirst for knowledge, normally sated by science and math, can also be quenched by poetry. Going along with that, poetry most certainly speaks to the human soul. Just how I feel a great ethereal contentment after going to church or listening to a beautiful piece of music, poetry unlocks that part of the human brain, heart/ soul or whatever that we rarely use in everyday life, and is more connected to the spiritual than the physical, or mental. A novel, short story, etc. also affects us in this way, but differently. A story is places much more emphasis on its meaning through plot, and isn’t quite as free to interpretation as poetry, which is more succinct and open to debate. Unfortunately, like I stated before, God didn’t grant me the gift of poetry writing, and all my attempts in-class and out have been amateur and embarrassing. However, I absolutely love reciting poetry now. I feel myself becoming the words on the page and the tone and theme flow out of me; besides memorization, I had little difficulty translating my poem, The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost). I do believe that poem is my favorite of all time. It seems to speak to me like no other, and illustrates my future clearly (I also have chosen the road less traveled). Another favorite is Annabel Lee, by Edgar Allen Poe; the love and sorrow expressed in that poem is so moving, and the language Poe utilizes to articulate those emotions is just amazing. All in all, poetry provides for me another way to love and understand the universe.
ReplyDeleteI myself am not that big of a fan of poetry. Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind it, and if I hear the right poem I really enjoy it. But for the most part it isnt my favorite thing. I enjoy poems that have a good rythm to them, I can kinda get into them better if they flow well. I have written a couple poems in my day, but all of them have been for school. I enjoy listening to poetry more than writing it, I just don't have the right way of thinking to write good poems I guess.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I'm not a huge fan of poetry. I never have been, and it's doubtful that I ever will be. I have never found it that interesting, and I just can't seem to "get into it." I think it's cool to sit back and watch people recite poetry, but when it comes to me doing it, I would rather not. If it wasn't for Poetry Out Loud, I don't think I would have ever memorized a poem to recite it.
ReplyDeleteFirst off Geoff went way over board. Anyway i feel like poetry is a song with no music. A song with just vocals. It has rythem, rhyme, and even harmony. I have always liked poetry but never really talked about it. Or read it out loud for that matter. I personally like John Milton and really early poems. I have never really sat down and written anything I wasn't told to do. English really ain't my thing dog.
ReplyDeleteTo get this party started I like wes's poem about the athelete dieing young. I think that its a really deep poem with alot of meaning behind it. Like for instance what is this "race", well this race is life and the athelete running this race stopped early (died) so it was really sad and i almost shed a tear.
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ReplyDeleteYou did not go overboard...you went just the right amount of "board" in my opinion. What beautiful writing! YES you CAN write poetry; you just did! And you are correct: poetry is intoxicating! I just finished memorizing my poem; it was my first memorization, actually. Because I truly related to the poem, I felt like I was becoming the poem itself (like you said...about becoming the words on the page). What I really love about poetry is the fact that you can express something very profound with very few words because of the power in the words, the power of the figurative language, the power of the manipulation. It is the closest I have come to experiencing endorphins! Ha!
Well, gotta put the "little poet" to bed now...peace!
I love poetry. I especially love to hear poetry. I think when it's spoken it becomes more realistic. I think that you can get the message across more when it's spoken, rather than just read in my opinion. When it is spoken you learn the story, from the tone of someone's voice, their gestures, the way it flows, and even the pace. I think that poetry differs from stories because it is harder to figure out, you really have to think about the message and usually it has more symbolism. I have never written a poem on just to do so, but I have for class a few times. My favorite poet is Kay Ryan but I don't have any favorite poems that I can think of.
ReplyDeleteokay. I love poetry. i am actually listening to saul williams rights now. (Coded Language) probably the coolest thing i have ever heard. Saul williams is kind of a hidden man and doesnt like to be know. I highly recommend listening to him. If you interested at all let me know. i will give you his cds. I actually stayed up all night listening to him. Mrs. Stallman i dont know if you have ever heard of him, but i totally recommend him to you. I love poetry and i love to write it. I have been told i am really good with my poetry.
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I love poetry. I love reading it but not listening to it that much. I dont favor listening to it becuase the person reading it might have a different intake of it then I do. Depending on the poem and the person determines whether or not it speaks to that individuals soul. I beleive speaking poetry is different then telling a story becuase a story may have one meaning while poerty may have many. I have written some poems a long time ago but they are nothing to good.
ReplyDeletePoetry is the captured essence and emotion of literature in a fun-sized package. I find that poetry portrays all emotions that a novel, short story, or novella might have, but in a short, artistic manner. When spoken correctly, poetry can have many interpretations and lead many to discover important things about themselves and humanity. I have written only a handful of poems. I struggle finding the right words to portray the meanings that I want. I guess that is why poets get payed for what they do. :) My favorite poem of all time would have to be "Footprints in the Sand" By Mary Stevenson. It is a popular and religious poem, but it is a great one for anyone needing a spiritual boost.
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I dont like poetry at all i dont really ever listen to it and I dont ever think i want to. I would rather just listen to music which is sort of like poetry with the rhymes and all but for the most part not really the same. A poem is something that you mostly have to find the meaning of. When you listen to music the meaning is right in front of you. A poet that I actually do like is big willy shakespear. I like some of the sonnets that he wrote.
ReplyDeleteWow, Kyle. You read Paradise Lost?
ReplyDeleteI like the novel "Sharp Teeth," which is written in free-form poetry.
Honestly, I have not sat down and voluntarily read poetry since I was in the sixth grade. When I was younger, I read a lot of Shel Silverstein also.
I have always been more interested in novels, although some of my favorites may be able to loosely fit in the poetry catagory.
I actually wrote a poem in middle school that was published in some sort of book. Not a book-book, just for selected students that won the contest. This poem is a skeleton in my closet. I actually forgot about it, and I cringe when someone reminds me.
You know guys, to be honest the more we do petry in class the more and more I'm liking it. At first I wasn't too into it, but now I'm starting to like different aspects of it. I like presenting poems, especially poems like mine that speak to me, because I feel like I can put a peice of myself into it when I recite it for you guys.
ReplyDeleteI jumped to Paradise Lost. =X oops. I totally forgot that was what you were you reciting.
ReplyDeleteI have not actually read the entire thing myself. Just bits and pieces. I am not religious, so I don't really appreciate it in it's entirity.