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Originally Posted by MsJacquiiC
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:
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! |
What she said.... I don't think I could've said it any better. I can't say how many poems I've read filled with cliches. Is it laziness or is it just that the poet couldn't think of anything else to write.
Ok, gotta say I've used cliches as well but mostly because I couldn't think of any other way to say what I wanted to say. I've learned to go back and replace anything like that, but there are places for them when nothing else will do, but that's rare.
Jacquii's right, there's no such thing as a bad poet, but bad poetry. Is there such a thing as a poetry-challenged poet? Hmmm....lol.
hugs,
Gail
