Bad Poetry makes you drink fast
Ok, round two of today's activities -- going to the Belly Bowl to eat and listen to poetry started well (turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy- super yummy!!!), but ended .... well, it ended with me chugging a 1 pint, 6 oz Berkshire Brewing Company Steel Rail Ale, before the second half of the poetry reading started (can't waste good beer!), so that I wouldn't have to listen to it. I won't name names, and I don't want to dampen ANYONE's enthusiasm for writing or reading poetry.. but if you're going to read your poetry publically, take Tree Swenson's advice, and READ and STUDY poetry in addition to writing it. Poetry must pass the "so what?" test more often than not. I'm not saying it's easy or that I succeed (certainly not after so much beer!), but hey, it's a good goal.
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Yeeesh. I can only imagine. The same goes for photography, and there's an awful lot out there that don't pass the test.
Posted by: David Adam Edelstein | October 23, 2005 2:50 AM
Its all about goals...
It has been said that a poet who reads his prose in public may have other bad habits... ;-)
Posted by: BlueNiner | October 30, 2005 11:59 AM