Friday, August 12, 2011

Is this poem any good?

Jamie, I applaud your desire to write poetry; it can be a wonderful outlet. If you are writing this as a journal entry for yourself it is fine. If you plan for your stuff to be read by others, you have to take the time to learn what poetry is. Read a lot! Read old poetry, new poetry, all the poetry you can get your hands on. If you like it, try to figure out why. Same if you don't like it, why? Ask your teacher to help you find stuff that is appropriate for your age. In this poem: line 6 and lines 10-11 make no logical sense. Lines 8, 11 and 13 are poor grammar. Most of it is prosy (that is to say that if it were not broken up into little lines no one would know that it was supposed to be a poem). There are cliches and trite rhymes in almost every line. Lose the lower case "i" as a pronoun; it doesn't work any more. Please don't scream, "no coping" (I ume you mean no copying). If you have a dated copy in your possession, that is the same as copyright protection. I am sorry if I sound harsh. I hope you keep writing and take my constructive suggestions seriously.

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