poetry

[chronovore]

I think it's very strange that, as enamored as I am with language, I dislike poetry. This is not in the sense that I avoid bad LJ poetry; any sentient being with half-a-lobe devoted to self preservation will do that. I mean, I don't even like Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Yeats... I mean, I can't even get through The Wastelands, as much as I am of the impression that I'd "level up" culturally if I could navigate it. About the only poet I can deal with is Dorothy Parker. What the hell does that say about me?

Comments

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

How do you feel about Ogden Nash? If you're cool with Ogden and Dorothy, you're cool with me.

I can't stand most poetry, either.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

I guess when poetry takes itself seriously is when I can't stand it. I'm not enamored of Nash (having just nipped out to read a little), but I'm not furiously clicking away from it, either. Nash doesn't take himself overly seriously, but the verse seems overly intentionally colloquialized, but that's just an at-a-glance impression.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

He was famous for making crazy rhymes that shouldn't exist. I think you need to rely on colloquialism and some forced cadence for that. And no, not serious at all.