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The Critic: riddle
Who tears apart, but never builds; in summer, says he prefers chills; proclaims “I won’t” when others will; expects to never pay the bill? Who tends to “no”, withholding “yes”; predicts more failure than success; looks to curse rather than … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, criticism, critics, illusion, negativity, poetic forms, relationship, riddle, self-denial
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Ranting on Poetics
I will not write for other poets. They exist to ridicule each other, and failing that, to share inside jokes on what words are or aren’t clich on poems written in metered speech on lines that rhyme, even if well … Continue reading
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Tagged criticism, meaning, meaninglessness, Poetry, poetry, pomposity, ridicule, substance
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Passing Fancy
Having been notified by Google Alerts that a new service is available that takes your original website and scours the web to check and see if your content is found elsewhere (that is, borrowed liberally without permission), I give another … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged criticism, deconstruction, meaning, originality, plagiarism, poetry, substance, theft, writing
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No Critique Requested
So many poets trace, or seek to trace the root of their art back in time, but just so far; and would attempt to judge all verse to suit their own agendas. Doing this, they scar just the veneer, the … Continue reading
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Tagged commercialism, criticism, education, ignorance, Poetry, poetry, self-importance
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Dathy Pahka and the Couscous Bauble
We sit in circles, crop circles, like silver-clad heroes at Arthur’s table, dark knights of the soul of verse, our words colliding in the jousts of wit and criticism. Is it the flame that draws us moths to it, and … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged cliques, conversations, criticism, Dorothy Parker, happiness, meaning, purpose, self-importance
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Thoughts on Poetry
I extract this comment from a thread on my Poetry at Poetryslamming, not because I want to draw attention to the person who wrote it, but rather because I think that forum is not the place to engage in a … Continue reading