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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:39 PM Original message |
Am I the only one that thinks poetry has no artistic merit? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. wow! hey! you're right! out of 5.5 billion people, I AM |
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study_war_no_more (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. and when did this bird that lives within my chest become such a fragile |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. ok, I'll do this |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. perhaps what I don't understand is |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. try this. |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Here's a way into it |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 04:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. poetry isn't necessarily for everyone today |
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populistmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. How about dirty limericks? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The Boston Pics are turning into a saga of Apple Mac letdowns |
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Rashind (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm generally not a fan of poetry... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't "get" most poetry, but that's MY shortcoming |
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TEXASYANKEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. So it's not just me? |
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Bronco69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. There once was a man from Nantucket... |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I think a Robert Pinsky(sp?) reading is one of the most boring things ever |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. there's no "poetry gene" |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I'm hip, my brother, and I do have the "aesteticism" gene ;-) |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. between us and the rest of the world |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. ditto!! |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 06:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
64. I'm not allowed to. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 09:47 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. hey, I'm Scots and German |
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NicoleM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. My brain is way too literal |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. I really don't give a flying crap-cake about poetry, but I won't say... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. 99% of poetry is crap. But you can say that for most art. |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. let's start at a beginning |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wouldn't go so far as to say it has no artistic merit. |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, but if you fake it, you can pick up undergrad bohemian chicks... |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. ugh... pretty classy |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. precisely why I wrote that advice down |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 07:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Dead Poets' Society |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. I dunno: ODE TO DS 1 |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Well, I don't care much for poetry, but that there's a rhyme |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I'm just fucking with Martin because I can |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. all poets are liars |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. oh, I see |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Eh. It just doesn't flow. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. get a jumprope |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I'd never sully my hands by strangling it. An implement is far better. |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. There goes that rotten Halley's comet. It makes me sick. I want to vomit |
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edzontar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well THAT is a pretty sweeping statement.... |
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SadEagle (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. It probably doesn't help... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. Get yourself a collection of poetry by e e cummings, |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 05:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. he's my favorite..... n/t |
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Jonte_1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. Radiant cool, Crazy nightmares, Zen New Jersey nowhere |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. pretty Ginsbergian to my already Zen NJ ear |
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soupkitchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. It is difficult to get news from poems |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. great poem |
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study_war_no_more (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 02:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. walk it like you talk it!!! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. Define "artistic merit," sweetie. |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. yes that was a dumb-ass question |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. There are some things |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. Depends on the poetry |
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mattboroson (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
46. uh... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 07:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. actually I've been lectured through the meanings |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 07:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. There's a lot of truth in that |
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study_war_no_more (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 04:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. you say story telling like its a bad thing |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-03 10:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
71. Hi mattboroson!! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. yes...a lot of it is not very good, but the good is sublime |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. No, if my students are any indication, |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. You and I have different ideas of art |
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study_war_no_more (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
54. Wang Ping / Flesh and Spirit |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. Poetry is a language that some must learn. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
58. artistic merit is in the eye of the beholder |
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jokerman93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
59. Poetry no merit? Have you checked your humanity at the door???? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 05:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. + + + + + |
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Myra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
63. Wow, I can't believe you said that. 'Cause I was thinking... |
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eyeontheprize (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. Certainly not before you turn 40. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
66. something like this doesn't stir you? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 08:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. kick - I want SOMEBODY to read this! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
68. It's too personal--there IS a poem out there you will love |
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Myra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
70. Ok, that it. I'm posting the one good poem ever written (IMO) |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-03 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
72. It has no artistic merit--to you. |
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