Poetry and Purpose.

The Poet

Thankyou for reading, and commenting upon, my poems.

To everyone - I believe it takes one person to start a revolution, and millions for that revolution to flourish. If you have faith in me, and wish to join me in artistic endeavours, I'll require your first name and e-mail address.

Note that certain forums don't allow the posting of e-mail addresses, so please leave an empty space, where the: "@" sign would usually be.

Live Passionately 8) ,

The Poet

ISN

you're a fukwit....

.....

you remind me of a character I'm reading in a book by Umberto Eco.....Baudolino....The Poet....I love the book.....Baudolino is an arse.....you're the Poet....I'm waiting for Abdul to turn up.....I'm not very far into the book.....

The Poet

Why do think I'm a fuckwit?

EvilToasterElf

You have a good control of language but I wouldn't go growing a poet's ego just yet, you're a little too stuck on the romantics and archaic language, most revolutions don't move backwards, keep writing but most importantly keep reading, see what the poets of today are doing and find something new and different, something that they have missed.

Just my opinion, but it will probably be shared by others

FinsburyParkCarrots

Originally posted by EvilToasterElf
You have a good control of language but I wouldn't go growing a poet's ego just yet, you're a little too stuck on the romantics and archaic language, most revolutions don't move backwards, keep writing but most importantly keep reading, see what the poets of today are doing and find something new and different, something that they have missed.

Just my opinion, but it will probably be shared by others

Absolutely. I love what the poet Patrick Kavanagh said about the culmination of his artistic vision: "I saw that my sole purpose was to have no purpose".

The Poet

Originally posted by EvilToasterElf
You have a good control of language but I wouldn't go growing a poet's ego just yet, you're a little too stuck on the romantics and archaic language, most revolutions don't move backwards, keep writing but most importantly keep reading, see what the poets of today are doing and find something new and different, something that they have missed.

Just my opinion, but it will probably be shared by others

Thanks. I don't read others' poetry, I'm afraid, or novels for that matter. You're right. Most people believe in influences, but I live a detatched little life in my bedroom, and believe that the more individualistic the piece, the more artistic it is

FinsburyParkCarrots

Originally posted by The Poet
the more individualistic the piece, the more artistic it is

But isn't that art for art's sake; a kind of wilful formalist aestheticism? That's entirely the opposite of the overtly politically committed, purposeful poetry you advocated at the beginning of your thread. I must raise this point of contradiction here, with respect.

I wish you all the very best in your creative endeavours.

The Poet

I'm an artist, in more than the field of poetry alone. I've written a lot over the past five years or so, and wish to convey these texts without certain hassles this movement is addressing. Ultimately, I couldn't care less whether anyone reads what I've written. Temporally, I'd appreciate making a spiritual connection with many through my writing. Thankyou for your good wishes

lifeisworth

ahem

jayscott once said something about going to bars and trolling for chicks... (that was, of course before the lovely sds stole him away from us)


this reminds me of that

and perhaps you are sincere, i've no cause to doubt that, but... it's just a tad forward to bust into a roomfull of virtual strangers and ask "who wants to go for a ride?"

show us what you got, dude

The Poet

If I reveal everything to one person now, it'll be marring the impact of revealing everything to thousands one day later this year.

lifeisworth

that's right... go publish

you're coming off quite megalomeniacal at the moment


it's wierd, dude


why would anyone have faith in you? you've got 11 fucking posts?

The Poet

Quality, not quantity, is applicable here. If you see potential in my three poems, and find a sense of opportunity in the header to this thread, then that's just enough faith for me

FinsburyParkCarrots

Originally posted by The Poet
If I reveal everything to one person now, it'll be marring the impact of revealing everything to thousands one day later this year.

I knew it! It's Dubya!
I don't mean to drub ya
Or stub ya November agenda
But I guessed it! You're Georgie!
Oh Georgie! Oh Porgie!
Perhaps you're Gawd's sender of splendour?

The Poet

What an appropriate nickname the U.S president has.

lifeisworth

i haven't even read your three poems

i'm just saying... you go "requiring" email addy's, and well... look at all the replies? bagh...


it's just presumptuous... your username alone is presumptuous enough


icky pooh

The Poet

Originally posted by lifeisworth
i haven't even read your three poems

i'm just saying... you go "requiring" email addy's, and well... look at all the replies? bagh...


it's just presumptuous... your username alone is presumptuous enough


icky pooh

It's your assumption that I've chosen to emphasise the definite article in my username; not my intention. This is only one forum. I'm currently posting on many, and numbers are steadily increasing. Of course, I'll "require" e-mail addresses, in order to keep those interested informed.

lifeisworth

your potential is not mine to guess at

you've posted all of 30 lines of poetry here and they're ok
the fact that you don't expose yourself to other styles speaks largely of an ego out of check

i see you are 24... young, but i know other young poets with at least twice the talent and absolutely none of this ego

just strikes me as bizarre...

you know humility? it's wildly attractive among those you wish to consider peers

The Poet

Originally posted by lifeisworth
your potential is not mine to guess at

you've posted all of 30 lines of poetry here and they're ok
the fact that you don't expose yourself to other styles speaks largely of an ego out of check

i see you are 24... young, but i know other young poets with at least twice the talent and absolutely none of this ego

just strikes me as bizarre...

you know humility? it's wildly attractive among those you wish to consider peers

I'd say the reverse about stylistic matters. Talent is a subjective concept. I know of humility, yet it doesn't apply to me, given I'm pretty much self-assured in writing.

lifeisworth

oy!


ditto isn and off with me


good luck with your plan to rule the internet with a wide following of stupid starry-eyed poor judges of character

The Poet

Originally posted by lifeisworth
oy!


ditto isn and off with me


good luck with your plan to rule the internet with a wide following of stupid starry-eyed poor judges of character

You're, paradoxically, judging both my character, and those of the people who choose to lend support, in making that assumption.

lifeisworth

i am in fact calling you a fuckwit and i see no following
if i did
i'd call them all fuckwits, too

no paradox here

The Poet

Originally posted by lifeisworth
i am in fact calling you a fuckwit and i see no following
if i did
i'd call them all fuckwits, too

no paradox here

Then, you're an unpleasant person

EvilToasterElf

People are getting overly emotional I think, but I will agree that based on what I've seen so far from you, no matter how many years you've spend cloistered away writing, the poetic community probably won't even give you enough of a look to bother laughing. That may sound harsh, but I would advise you to be careful in thinking that because something comes truthfully from the darkness of an unclouded mind that it is going to be accepted, or even poetic, it takes practice, craft and experience to be able to write a good poetry, and that experience comes from exclusively from reading poetry, the same goes for literature, even the most gifted writing or poetic geniuses were well versed in poetry before they set out on their own. Most famous recluses become reclusive in the wake of their fame not before.

The Poet

Originally posted by The Poet
Then, you're an unpleasant person

I commend your argument, yet it makes too many comparisons for my liking. I prefer to look at everything individually, and not lose focus

The Poet

Originally posted by EvilToasterElf
People are getting overly emotional I think, but I will agree that based on what I've seen so far from you, no matter how many years you've spend cloistered away writing, the poetic community probably won't even give you enough of a look to bother laughing. That may sound harsh, but I would advise you to be careful in thinking that because something comes truthfully from the darkness of an unclouded mind that it is going to be accepted, or even poetic, it takes practice, craft and experience to be able to write a good poetry, and that experience comes from exclusively from reading poetry, the same goes for literature, even the most gifted writing or poetic geniuses were well versed in poetry before they set out on their own. Most famous recluses become reclusive in the wake of their fame not before.

Hehe... That last comment was meant to be in response to the above. I clicked the wrong button.

EvilToasterElf

We all can only shout our arguments into the sails of dream

Good Luck

The Poet

You too, in whatever you choose to do

lifeisworth

Originally posted by The Poet
Then, you're an unpleasant person

at best

FinsburyParkCarrots

Wanna start a poet's commune? You can be leader, of course.

nailz100

I'll admit that I'm not one to judge....especially when it comes to poetry. None of you have to read "the poets" poetry or even like it for that matter....but just keep in mind that these might be his/ her personal feelings that you are judging...and for me that is something that I do not take very lightly.

lifeisworth

i believe we've all read all three pieces...