Christmas eve is finally here, hope you all are excited and having a great holiday. It is day seven of the blogmas (seven days to the new year) and we are going strong! Today\’s post is addressing a very common state of mind!.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion – Edgar Allan Poe
For someone who writes poems, I must say it does get boring and frustrating. You see, I have a lot of poems I find controversial to share because I do not know how people would react. Poetry is the least appreciated art form there is, especially for this age.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words – Robert Frost
I definitely agree that it is tedious, (sometimes after reading my own work I get confused, yea it is sad), especially with the stereotype that all poetry fall under Oga Shakespeare\’s depth \”Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry\”. – Hamlet (Act I, Scene III).\” Or King James version of the bible. But that is not the case, currently, poets like J.P Clarke, Tolu Akinyemi etc have made conscious effort to simplify the English.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance – Carl Sandburg
Don\’t get me wrong, poetry can be boring but when you understand that it only masks the simplicity of things and gives room for multiple translations which in turn adds a certain mystery to the mix, you would get to like it a bit more than you currently do.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF POETRY?
Stay Shining Lovelies!!
5 thoughts on “poetry is boring?”
poetry is beautiful to me but not to everyone. bcos we all are gifted in diff ways to xpress ourself. like fego said its a ministry of its own and really i appreciate poets bcos of their fascinating ways of putting words together to bcome smething meaningful. keep it goin rosey
Poetry is not boring,it is getting to understand the poet point of view that is my problem. They (poet)write well and sensible stuff that we can learn from.
Pple say: “talk is cheap” but it really depends on who is talking. This goes for writing as well. When ur art is perfected ppl are attracted.
I think its a ministry on its own…a means to pass across your message of which in real sense, not everyone will surely see things from your point of view.Poetry is our thoughts expressed in words or writings.
Loved it