What's the deal with POEMS?

[SamePendo]

Is it only me, or do poems suck?

I find no artistic merit to them. I mean, yeah, some even rhyme and whatnot, but... come on! I mean, it's like... "geesh! I have the afternoon off, I'm going to the library to read poems" :crazy:

Poems:

 

[Create Reality]

Lets just paint the world grey and get it over with!

 

[Brian20o2]

Lets just paint the world grey and get it over with!

Hell yes! Diversity can sick my left nut! And acceptance can suck on my right!

 

[SELF-MASTERY]

I like walt whitman even though he was gay and wrote homeerotic poems... leaves of grass is so classic, and I was lucky to have a professor that was so into literature and poetry that it rubbed off on her students... I have a 2000 page literature book that I plan on finishing this year or sometime in my lifetime....

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Poems do seem a bit cliché nowadays. Don't get me wrong, I love a creative mind but poems seem a bit corny nowadays.

 

[Brian20o2]

Poems do seem a bit cliché nowadays. Don't get me wrong, I love a creative mind but poems seem a bit corny nowadays.

99.9% of the new stuff sucks but the classics are still great.

 

[SELF-MASTERY]

I dont like modern day "white" poetry, but spoken word is hot.

I think that alot of quality poetry should come from our generation...

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

99.9% of the new stuff sucks but the classics are still great.

Yeah, I was going to say that the classic stuff is still good. It helps you appreciate the lifestyle and the time period of the poet. Contemporary poetry lacks the artistry of the classics.

 

[Ace of Flames]

Lol, the title of this thread reminds me of a lame comedian. You know, they're like "What's the deal with airplane food?". Funny.

Anyway, poems are meh. Some are good, most are boring.

 

[The Truth]

I agree, poems are just pretentious nonsense to me. Don't get me wrong I can appreciate good literature and prose but if you have something worth saying, why not come out and say it as clearly as possible? Surely if it's important, you want people to understand it, so why put it into some obscure riddle, make it rhyme and adhere to patterns and restrictions and all that crap?!

I feel the same about song lyrics too. I personally enjoy music for the sound that it makes and nothing more. If I want meaning and words, I'll read a book.