Biassed Poet?

i enjoy reading poetry... but i can't use big fancy words to describe anything like these other people have. sometimes you need to just write what you feel...and feel what you write! don't sit and think so hard on it that you don't get across what it is you're trying to say... but that's from a person who doesn't use all those big words....

There's plenty of bad poetry being written today, but there always has been.

All good poetry contains rhythm, word-echoes, tempo and some kind of style. What you seem to be arguing for is >regular< rhythm and rhyme schemes. I don't agree that this is the only way to write good poetry and if you look at most American poetry since 1900 (or before--check out Whitman or even the KJ Bible), you're sure to find poems to respect.

As for complexity of thought and elegance and symmetry, I disagree. Some of the greatest poems express very simple thoughts, and not all are elegant or simple. Reading a poem should be an experience, and the poems I like best give a visceral experience, as much or more than an intellectual one.

I ditto, Sher and Neon. Is there not poetry, formal, informal,

colloquial as well. Neon once used the metaphor of a baseball league, all players major, minor. yet all poets.

I my self am an unschooled poet, as was Grandma Moses an

unschooled painter. Still I have a need to flow and pour out what is within, what does it hurt on this sounding board to

post, read what you want to read and let the rest go, Don't

answer what you alone think is below you. The fun is in the learning and the giving and passing it on, The joy and fun of it all, It takes courage to bare your soul no matter who you are,

let alone those of us on shaky ground. A day of blessings to

all who find the magic of the pen that moves on.

Yes, I agree to a point. I think it should definately have a flow and rhythm....but personally I do not prefer rhyme. In all of the rhyming poems I have attempted, I felt stuck in saying what I truly wanted to say. Not saying that I don't appreciate rhyming poems that do sound unforced, though

I appreciate all forms of poetry, as long as it has a message, amazing imagery, or jerks my emotions.

I thought all forms did. Perhaps what you read needed more editing. It is enjoyable to try different forms and experiment. Rap..hip hop, are they not poetic in rhythm and sound? I would encourage more experimentation. The audience will decide in the end. Good question though.

I can't access the link but I agree. I am not a fan of modern style which lacks rhythm and tempo. There are proponents of both views here.