LOL - I edited the title to "
Choose 3 - What makes a bad poem" because some of you like myself would have selected all available choices
- Anyway - I did choose 3: Cliches, Lack of originality, eloquence AND Poor rhyming. I loath all 3 LOL
My very 1st website tagline is "Creating New & Novel Cliches Daily" (
Jacquii's Poetry Spot - Creating New & Novel Cliches Daily...) and I think I actually managed to do that - so originality in a poem is especially important in my opinion. A Poet definitely has to find his or her own voice! In fact I recently posted an interesting thread in the new Wide World of Poetry News section about a new poetry book - One of the quotes included in the book:
Quote:
The first great task of the aspiring poet -- the task of the imagination -- is to create the self that will write the poems.
Stanley Kunitz
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That's so very true and really does even expound a bit on the task of originality.
The last of the 3 choices I selected is Poor Rhyming! UGH! Forced rhyming has always been a pet peeve of mine, because contrary to some popular belief -
poems do not have to rhyme! --- There's free verse - there's avant garde type scribing - there's haiku (which is a traditional non-rhyming form) - etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. So don't force the rhyme - If it has to be forced - leave it out and substitute with a quality word that enhances the meaning and gives your poem a certain flair.
I DID NOT select Bad Poet LOL - Because I don't believe there is such a thing. Everyone has the potential to be a Poet. A Bad Poet and/or a Good Poet doesn't exist IMO - only the bad poem, mediocre poem, incredible poem!
Jacquii.
ps - nice poll MS KIM = thanx for posting!
