tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post8579300101442029283..comments2023-12-05T21:07:00.755+00:00Comments on STOP! . . . This is getting very SILLY: A Triolet Writer Grieves.Doctor FTSEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-54266862479206075432011-09-28T22:54:03.717+01:002011-09-28T22:54:03.717+01:00I agree. A clever triolet indeed.I agree. A clever triolet indeed.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-38633500788246378712011-09-28T19:05:49.090+01:002011-09-28T19:05:49.090+01:00I love how you did it; clever take~I love how you did it; clever take~Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-3400616412106554702011-09-28T14:30:35.577+01:002011-09-28T14:30:35.577+01:00Ah...nicely done, and all arrows directed at free ...Ah...nicely done, and all arrows directed at free verse easily ducked :0)Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-59364654792153168092011-09-28T13:57:52.979+01:002011-09-28T13:57:52.979+01:00Oh well said, sir! The choice of form poetry to ma...Oh well said, sir! The choice of form poetry to make your point adds to the satire.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-70330015175622277662011-09-28T06:59:18.054+01:002011-09-28T06:59:18.054+01:00I agree, Friko. Dylan Thomas for one, although I ...I agree, Friko. Dylan Thomas for one, although I would describe his work as "free poetry." <br /><br />Here's the test. Write out an example of free verse without the line breaks, i.e. as a paragraph of prose. Ask any literate person to read it. Count the ones who say "Wait a minute, isn't this a POEM?" You won't get many.<br />It isn't poetry just because it looks like a poem on the page.Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-32419560123913422962011-09-28T00:06:42.026+01:002011-09-28T00:06:42.026+01:00Do stop it, you two. There is some wonderful free ...Do stop it, you two. There is some wonderful free verse. Buy yourself the three new anthologies Being alive, Being Human and Staying Alive and you'll find lots to gladden your hearts. (Lots of translations too)<br /><br />I agree with you that there is an awful lot of rubbish in blogland, free verse without rhyme (obviously), reason, rhythm, and often a very poor vocabulary on top of it all, abounds. But even in blogland I find a decent example of the art here and there.<br /><br />Doggerel and the Pam Ayres school of rhyme does not count as poetry in my book. Just because it rhymes it ain't poetry.<br /><br />I could name quite a few free verse contemporary English poets. The 'Forward Book Of Poetry' which is published annually and consists entirely of current British poetry is another place for you to go and look.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-14305161456358837422011-09-27T19:52:11.453+01:002011-09-27T19:52:11.453+01:00As a swan song for the English Muse, this rings a ...As a swan song for the English Muse, this rings a lot of bells, whether cow or church, I'd say. :)<br /><br /><i>Let us hope it blows no fuses<br />amongst the many free verse muses<br />whose words invariable dribble<br />down the page on which they scribble.</i>Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com