Index
Introduction: What is poetry-poetry?
Comment: Maybe my style
Free verse
Definition of poetry I
Definition of Poetry II (effect)
Substance of a poem
The world of art in words
Separate emotion
In the form of poetry
Figurative language
What is confessional poetry?
To read poetry
Understanding the poets
Introduction
What does poetry-poetry do?
I find -in my mind-eyes, what can make splendid poetry is: irony, symbolism, similarity, metaphor, arrangement of metrics, expression, confession, spontaneity, but at the end of the poem -as at the end of a day- when the reader look back and all is said and done, you need to ask, “Has it affected me?” but because? A poem should bring some kind of chill, if not, some kind of voice to the reader. Again I say, if not, move on to the next poem or page of the book, each poem may not be suitable for you, as if each song a singer sings is not necessarily the song that influences you.
Poetry in its crudest, rarest, and most perverse form, comes from spontaneity.
Maybe my style
A poetry comment
I prefer to join the ranks of naturalness, spontaneity, free from rhyming couplets, romanticism and passion, leaving the Elizabethans, them. I prefer to shift a bit to the 11th century, or just before that era, when the rhyme was getting modernized, but not quite in place. Right there, there was a world of nature and mysteries and emotions to write, tell and stories to transmit and memorize: addressing the times, their cultures and heroes; And so I must take that period, with my era, and mix it with fragments and dreams and all that stuff, and let the dead bury the dead. Let the artificial ones reproduce half the literature (they will anyway) and mine the other half. It can be difficult to live in a world where critics who write mostly criticisms, dismiss themes, dignity, manners, this may be a strong protest against all those things, but poets must reaffirm their right to represent the world, in a way clear and genuine. tone, it is our duty. We are just passing through, we leave behind what we write (we infect minds, or we produce health), angry citizens will always be filled with whatever it is, but those who do not want their pockets stolen expect us to circulate literature. which is full of swimming thoughts about those things that I have already mentioned. And to these readers, and to future generations, I write.
Free Verse: Poetry today often has no recognizable voice, theme, or even form. We call this free verse, which is the dominant form of postmodernism; Before this, we had what was called Modernism, where we reexamined what poetry is.
Definition of poetry I: Each poem is a story, a short story, which implies density of language and intensity of images, or images (mental images); and descriptiveness, metaphors, similes (comparisons).
Effect (definition of Poetry II) As a poet, you have to ask yourself ‘Did I get the effect I wanted from my poetry?’ maybe you did, and if so, you are on the right track. I mean, I never ask a person this, I prefer to listen to see what they say about my poetry, and then I can answer the question myself.
Substance of the poem
A poem must have substance to survive …! Some of this substance is in the theme and in the intuition of the poem.
-When writing a poem, like everything in life, you have to have a plan, a destination (where do you want to take your reader?). Again, this is part of the substance, which will come to light later.
-A poem may be the secret life of the poet; It may be your black twin, your indifferent self, which is often the case. Thus, the poet and the poem become more of a riddle of despair than a work of art.
The world of art in words
The world of art, in words, has a definite meaning for me; it is a romance, produced during its stages of creation. Like a book. As I write it, I refine it, I taste it, and finally the victory comes: an initial and final romance has occurred. Idleness is never involved, it is a horrible sin, an enemy of the soul. Man must not be idle, if so, the ghost comes out of him, not art.
The world of art in words
The artist appeared on earth
from behind the sea
the sun passed over him,
flashed just for a moment
To clear a path for words
No. 1718 3-5-2007
Separate emotion
If you look for the poet within the poem, look for the background he has left, the continuous hint of feeling, it should be everywhere, but rarely does anyone look for it, it is called separate excitement; or poetic art. Yeats wears it. If you missed the font and the beauty, and the exact edge of the poem, which is sometimes called “duty,” go back and find it, if necessary. I don’t use it as often as I used to, and for various reasons, I don’t enjoy everyday life.
In the form of poetry
People become obsessed with structure, trying to choose the correct form they want to use in poetry (perhaps trying to learn their style or approach in the process). I’d rather let go and combine one idea or event with the next, lest I lose my soul trying to fit it into something that it never should have been.
I try to listen to my voice, the one that speaks within me, if I can find the silence, I will find the unpretentious voice, and within that voice, there are the syllables, letters, words, rhyme and other elements of poetry that I want to use.
Figurative language
(An example): Figurative language, meaning words that are used to refer to something you don’t really mean, is used here to make noises, just like metaphors sometimes.
Derived echoes
I’d show you love in a handful of clouds
Could I find the clouds and find love?
And is it the love one is really looking for?
The fallen angels had love from heaven
And lust in its place, on earth …!
In hell one loves lust and so it would be
Unhappy in heaven, I imagine …
Ah! Maybe the allusions is the thread that we are
Searching …? We live to …
We live in the age of imaginary howls
… with aches and pains in mind
Fear of nymphs of death (well dressed)
Teachers serving children a blotted
Light; perfect pitch, more questions than
Answer; disrupting the harmonic balance! …
(Maybe underneath all this is love).
# 728 6/2005
What is confessional poetry?
((And why did we write it?) (3-1-2007))
What is confessional poetry? It is when you prepare for the great fall, when you dare to tell it all. Sylvia Plath, Anne Saxton, the perverted Allen Ginsberg; Robert Lowell, of whom I have several books, was a little calmer in his verses than the poets I have just mentioned. The “I” or “you” is often used in confessional poetry. I find that most of this poetry is not flattering, and that is why I don’t do much of it; It wasn’t meant to be It is usually personal and autobiographical. The poet usually speaks directly to you, the reader.
When I read Plath, his confessional style seems more fantasy than fiction, but either way, it is his soul that speaks; one must forget the themes and the theme in confessional poetry, explore certain details, process past emotions, events, the author is actually exploring and processing his life in front of you.
The question has arisen, “Why do they write it?” and a fair question that should be answered perhaps more by a psychologist than by a poet, because sometimes one needs to be brutally honest. To me, it seems like it would clear the brain and lessen the guilt. Often times, the more you write something, the less powerful it remains. A way to process your pain.
To read poetry
In Reading Poetry, first read it slowly, pay attention to it, as you do when you have dinner, then read it slowly again for the second time, with an open mind, third, read it again, this time, as you would in prose. , now it will jump you.
Many poems are complex, and perhaps ambiguous, if they are too much for you, throw them away (unless you want to suffer through them, then you are asking for pain and you can receive it).
Meet the poet you are reading, his story will help you understand why he writes the way he does, perhaps his mind will clear up to yours.
Get rid of your preconceptions (prejudices, etc.) while reading, enjoy the experience. If you like poetry and not the poet, because of your prejudices, you have a problem.
Understanding the poets
-To understand some poetry, or poets, one must have experienced what the poet has -identical experiences; or you must have the shape of the poet-, the exceptions are from the old school of poetry- one shoe works for everyone (thus, understanding the theme, plot and intuition of poetry becomes much easier); From the contemporary scene, you must have the same shoe size as the poet to understand where the poet takes you, and in poetry the poet must have a destiny for the reader, lest he does not care (and should) .
-The poet survives perhaps because he is alien (or is not so connected) to the world and all its compulsions (suicide is usually on the other side of this coin, if not drugs and alcohol).
-Poetry has achieved something if it makes one reflect on it …; extending this a little further, it seems that there will come a day (not too far in the future), in which poets will not even need to know anything about literature (most do not know today); however, poetry is (or should be) considered the highest form of literature.
-Most poets write about love and death, which are perhaps the two main ingredients (or themes) of poetry; some write about social issues, which makes poetry bad; but it is “Beauty” that shines above all else, and that is often, too often, overlooked in place of self-interest, or a combination of negative, delusional, and confused thoughts put down by a low poet. the influence of some kind of chemical substance. One can get high on the beauty that surrounds them.
Last words: poets must not forget, we influence people, young people in particular, and we have an obligation (if not a duty to) to set a good example with the way we live and write.