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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: DontSayBanana on July 17, 2009, 01:39:54 PM

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
Title: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: DontSayBanana on July 17, 2009, 01:39:54 PM
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).
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: garbon on July 17, 2009, 01:41:51 PM
My friend used to make me go to spoken word performances to support her. :(
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 17, 2009, 01:47:33 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: DontSayBanana on July 17, 2009, 02:01:11 PM
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. ;)
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2009, 06:23:55 PM
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
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: Siege on July 17, 2009, 06:27:30 PM
I'm a poet.

And a good one at that, if I may say so myself.




Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: CountDeMoney on July 17, 2009, 06:29:14 PM
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 Jew

Isn't exactly poetry.
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: Monoriu on July 17, 2009, 06:29:32 PM
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:
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 17, 2009, 07:11:30 PM
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:
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: DontSayBanana on July 18, 2009, 08:49:53 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: Neil on July 18, 2009, 09:23:33 AM
I don't believe in poetry.
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: Josquius on July 18, 2009, 09:43:18 AM
I don't like poetry. Its a unfinished song.
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: The Brain on July 18, 2009, 11:12:30 AM
Write poems? LOL gay
Title: Re: The Only Good Poet is a Dead Poet
Post by: swallow on July 18, 2009, 03:45:02 PM
The thing about finished songs is that if you sing them very differently, its often thought of as 'wrong'
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