05-11-2020, 07:44 PM
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Poetry
I was reading ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ by Dylan Thomas. It’s a poem about an old man, who seems to have had his electricity cut off, and his son is imploring him to do something about it. To pay his bill, presumably. I prefer poetry that talks about the small, everyday matters of life; loftier themes usually go over my head. I am a late comer to poetry -over 60 years late. For me, the purpose of poetry is not to teach us things we don’t know, but rather to bring into our consciousness things we already know but don’t pay enough attention to. Things like the importance of paying our bills on time.
05-11-2020, 08:04 PM
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Re: Poetry
Originally Posted by Harbal
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I was reading ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ by Dylan Thomas. It’s a poem about an old man, who seems to have had his electricity cut off, and his son is imploring him to do something about it. To pay his bill, presumably. I prefer poetry that talks about the small, everyday matters of life; loftier themes usually go over my head. I am a late comer to poetry -over 60 years late. For me, the purpose of poetry is not to teach us things we don’t know, but rather to bring into our consciousness things we already know but don’t pay enough attention to. Things like the importance of paying our bills on time.
I am not keen on poetry and find it difficult to write rhyming stuff. When l went to Creative Writing classes, l preferred writing poetry that didn’t rhyme. I found that easier.
05-11-2020, 09:08 PM
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Re: Poetry
Originally Posted by Artangel
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Sorry, Harbal. I wasn’t being disrespectful but l have just noticed in my previous post that predictive text has changed your user name to ‘Herbal’.I apologise that l didn’t notice it before l posted it.
05-11-2020, 09:34 PM
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Re: Poetry
Originally Posted by Harbal
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You are not the first to say that, Artangel. Someone once likened me to a very deep well, but with nothing much down there.
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