Poll
Question:
Do you go for specific sources of poetry?
Option 1: Published compilations
votes: 11
Option 2: Chap books
votes: 4
Option 3: Open mic
votes: 4
Option 4: Poetry Slam/contest
votes: 5
Option 5: Write own poetry for self
votes: 4
Option 6: Write own poetry for open mic
votes: 4
Option 7: Write own poetry for slam or other contest
votes: 2
Option 8: Jaron ate my poetry; I don't want it back
votes: 10
Pick all that apply. For me, I attend a poetry open mic where I help on occasion with back end stuff, but I usually prefer reading chap books or compilations in a quiet room.
I'm mostly curious to see how open mic does for popularity; it seems like "slam poets" are almost universally hated, but I've noticed our attendance dropped off dramatically when we did away with slam at our venue (thankfully, most of the "drama" went with them, though).
My friend used to make me go to spoken word performances to support her. :(
open mikes can be really fun or a relative waste of time. you never know what you might be getting. but if you don't show up, you never win.
I always disliked poetry until I actually heard poets read poetry. english class failed me in so mnay ways, and this was one of them.
I have an old anthology of the great poets that I thumb through every now and then. Haven't written poems myself since high school.
Quote from: saskganesh on July 17, 2009, 01:47:05 PM
open mikes can be really fun or a relative waste of time. you never know what you might be getting. but if you don't show up, you never win.
I always disliked poetry until I actually heard poets read poetry. english class failed me in so mnay ways, and this was one of them.
:yes: Of course, you need to make sure you hear "poets" read poetry, not "slam poets." They tend to wiggle more, try to sound "edgier," and will twist into painful contortions for the sake of an internal rhyme scheme or alliteration. ;)
Quote from: saskganesh on July 17, 2009, 01:47:05 PM
open mikes can be really fun or a relative waste of time. you never know what you might be getting. but if you don't show up, you never win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETPRsJ-exZw&feature=related
I'm a poet.
And a good one at that, if I may say so myself.
Quote from: Siege on July 17, 2009, 06:27:30 PM
I'm a poet.
Roses are red
violets are blue
I dump animal carcasses down wells
because I'm a psycho JewIsn't exactly poetry.
One of the most confusing points in my school life was when a teacher explained to us what a poem was. I raised my hand and asked "but what is the point?". That drew laughter from the whole class :lol:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2009, 06:29:14 PM
Roses are red
violets are blue
I dump animal carcasses down wells
because I'm a psycho Jew
Isn't exactly poetry.
Pffft, Siege frequently makes very poetic posts, especially when he's loaded.
Though, you did get the subject matter down. :unsure:
heh. weird categories... voted open mic even though I don't go often these days. But my stuff is best when read aloud actually.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 17, 2009, 08:36:57 PM
heh. weird categories... voted open mic even though I don't go often these days. But my stuff is best when read aloud actually.
Just methods of getting one's poetry fix, plus a couple to weed out bias from poets. Forgot Internet, but I'd just consider it either compilation or chap book, based on the nature of the site.
I don't believe in poetry.
I don't like poetry. Its a unfinished song.
Write poems? LOL gay
The thing about finished songs is that if you sing them very differently, its often thought of as 'wrong'