"Guilty" -- Comments

[RonBee]

Is "Guilty" poetry? What do you think about it? What does it say?

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[Tdol]

Is "Guilty" poetry? What do you think about it? What does it say?

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I can't see why not- poetry should deal with all subjects.

And it doesn't go to the end of the line either. <g>

 

[RonBee]

Is "Guilty" poetry? What do you think about it? What does it say?

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I can't see why not- poetry should deal with all subjects.

And it doesn't go to the end of the line either. <g>

I agree that in poetry you can talk about whatever you can talk about. :wink: What I meant was that that one takes an unusual form.

It doesn't go to the end of the line? :?

BTW, do you prefer poetry that is fun or poetry that is thought-provoking?

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[Tdol]

I'm not a huge reader of poetry. I recently read Bily Collins for the first time and thought some were wondeful. I generally prefer thought provoking. I'm a bit blase about sunsets. ;-)

 

[RonBee]

I'm not a huge reader of poetry. I recently read Bily Collins for the first time and thought some were wondeful. I generally prefer thought provoking. I'm a bit blase about sunsets. ;-)

Do you have a link to some Billy Collins stuff?

Surely there are some dead poets you have found entertaining? (I don't want to mess with copyrights.)

What about funny poems? Do you like funny poems? (There is one about somebody being swallowed by a boa constrictor that is pretty funny, but I can't remember the author's right now.) Shel Silverstein wrote some poems I think are funny. (I read a couple of them to "my" kids.) Of course, humor is partly in timing and inflection, which is largely missed when a poem is read silently.

I think a lot of people don't even know how much fun poetry can be. As I told a class of second graders once, "Poetry is play--play with words."

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