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To be locked out of your own mind
To listen to a tune so sweet
It could draw tears from a glass eye
How does it feel
To read nonsense dredged up by delusional minds under the misnomer poetry
So called poets
Stoking intellectual fires
Stunningly unoriginal
With aspirations of greatness
And worth.
How does it feel?
Ludicrous
Oh, Preeti, I just laughed out loud over the poem, and a bit more over the comments. You have stirred up some strong feelings, most of insufficiency. Your poem is, after all, highly personal, referring to your own likes and dislikes of subject and style. You are very brave to be so positive, and eloquent, of what is or is not 'good'. So, I guess I was a bit dismayed by the responses, that the readers/poets took your scathing comments so personally.
i hope this includes me.
Ludicrous
Preeti Sinha
Thu 30th Jul 2015 19:07
Oh Graham! I have not heard of the Searchers but the other guys, yes :o Hope you jived to them! Let me check them out on yt :) If my dad was around, he would have helped some.
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Preeti, to my undying shame there were two songs that wouldn't leave my head.
Every time that you, walk in the room....The searchers
Mrs Brown you've got a lovely daughter....Herman's Hermits.
Preeti Sinha
Thu 30th Jul 2015 13:13
Harry, that's funny and endearing :0
Thanks David :)
Haha Graham, what did you listen to?
Agreed MC
Thanks Martin
It's only when poets take themselves too seriously does it rankle. Greatness speaks for itself: when you try too hard you come across as desperate.
Hit the nail on the head Preeti. I often feel completely ludicrous as does my poetry. I once had a discussion with a guy who owns a bookshop in Hay on wye to whom I stated that I sometimes think that the only people who like poetry are other poets. But that doesn't mean we understand it any more than anyone else.
If poetry means anything to the reader then let its author
be content.
What an incisive subject. I've been re-listening to the music that shook my early teenage world (a very long time ago) and am struck by the simplicity of the words.
I am beginning to reconsider my poetry worth as a result. How clever you are.
Preeti,
However did you manage to find out how I feel when I`m reading one of my own poems :)
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Corr Lens
Sat 8th Aug 2015 13:04
just re read, I wish i wrote this. Trade?