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In English, not everything presented as poetry has a rhyme scheme.

 

And, yes, this is a poem. A somewhat disturbing poem, but a poem nonetheless.

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In English, not everything presented as poetry has a rhyme scheme.

 

And, yes, this is a poem. A somewhat disturbing poem, but a poem nonetheless.

 

Funny... I didn't find it disturbing at all... A little bit consoling in fact. If we take Levine's use of the word "nothing" at the end to talk about the all-encompassing nothing that's out there all the time, I like the idea that our tiniest belongings -- watches, pens, pocket-knives -- and the connections that they have with our friends and family, the uses we've put them to, and the memories associated with them keep all of that "nothing" away.

 

In any case, thanks so much for posting the link LuckyKate!

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Poetry is what someone says it is.

 

It has nothing to do with reality.

Rhyme is not needed, ...but there are a number of templates, where written or sound structure is needed.

 

IMO Free Verse...any one can do....even me. With a little help the Chimpanzee with tablet, also.

 

Real poetry is a lot of hard work. Robert Frost worked for some 10 years on one of his major poems that now flows like water in a babbling brook. A great poet like Goethe can make the clunky German language sound as if Frost wrote it. ;)

 

Jethro Tull is a poet....the written song varies from the sang song....but it's close enough for unicorn shoes. Heavy Horses is a fine poem.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Philip Levine was a true artist who saw what many of us can't, the real value of everyday amulets and how valuable they are to each of us even after they stop working.

Thank you for sharing this.

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I have this question.

Is it really poetry?

If it doesn't rhyme?

Yes, English has many different styles of poetry. In early English, I think, most poetry had rhyme. But rhyme schemes could be very complex (as in European poetry of the middle ages), and by Shakespeare's time poetry could have just strong meter and use rhyme only for emphasis. Today most English poetry is unrhymed, and much of it follows no particular metric pattern either--it is more like prose divided into short lines. But there are still some poets in English who prefer rhyme schemes.

It's a very interesting question.

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I have this question.

Is it really poetry?

If it doesn't rhyme?

I see what you did there. :)

"Oh deer."

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Poetry is what someone says it is.

 

It has nothing to do with reality.

Rhyme is not needed, ...but there are a number of templates, where written or sound structure is needed.

 

IMO Free Verse...any one can do....even me. With a little help the Chimpanzee with tablet, also.

 

Real poetry is a lot of hard work. Robert Frost worked for some 10 years on one of his major poems that now flows like water in a babbling brook. A great poet like Goethe can make the clunky German language sound as if Frost wrote it. ;)

 

Jethro Tull is a poet....the written song varies from the sang song....but it's close enough for unicorn shoes. Heavy Horses is a fine poem.

Your criticism of free verse is mostly crankiness.

 

And Jethro Tull is a band, not a person. Ian Anderson is, indeed, a brilliant songwriter. He may have written some poetry too. I have never seen any from him.

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Thanks, Kate. Some beautiful lines there. And I agree with the sentiment of the final lines. And I consider most art an attempt, noble in heart, to make a stimulating--even beautiful--ribbon to tie around our annihilation.

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