Poetry and Purpose.

The Poet
The Poet Posts: 24
edited June 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
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
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  • ISN
    ISN Posts: 1,700
    you're a fukwit....

    :D.....

    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.....
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • The Poet
    The Poet Posts: 24
    Why do think I'm a fuckwit?
  • EvilToasterElf
    EvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    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
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    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
    The Poet Posts: 24
    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
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    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
    The Poet Posts: 24
    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
    lifeisworth Posts: 186
    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
    Nosotros nunca escuchamos la voz adentro
  • The Poet
    The Poet Posts: 24
    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
    lifeisworth Posts: 186
    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?
    Nosotros nunca escuchamos la voz adentro
  • The Poet
    The Poet Posts: 24
    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
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    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?

    :D
  • The Poet
    The Poet Posts: 24
    What an appropriate nickname the U.S president has.
  • lifeisworth
    lifeisworth Posts: 186
    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
    Nosotros nunca escuchamos la voz adentro
  • The Poet
    The Poet Posts: 24
    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
    lifeisworth Posts: 186
    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
    Nosotros nunca escuchamos la voz adentro
  • The Poet
    The Poet Posts: 24
    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
    lifeisworth Posts: 186
    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
    Nosotros nunca escuchamos la voz adentro
  • The Poet
    The Poet Posts: 24
    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
    lifeisworth Posts: 186
    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
    Nosotros nunca escuchamos la voz adentro

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