Anything Goes

[billy]

Thanks, Billy. This is just an observation, not at all a complaint or anything like that. But I've frequented several poetry sites and each of them has their "thing", that which is prized above all else, and on here it is metre.

fair comment penguin you bastard seriously it is a fair comment. for me meter often helps the rhythm of a poem but and this is one of those big profound buts; i think what it is we really prize above all else is good poetry. often meter's an underlying fault of many bad poem. usually with bad meter will come bad end rhymes, bad grammar (i've been called grammar police on this site before now ) and bad everything else.

It's interesting, what gets praised as "proper poetry" on the various forums. I posted a poem on an American site recently where every poem was in the same style. All the contributors could have been the same person for all I know.

when i read poetry on here i see many different styles. todd's, leannes, just mercedes, yours, mine, tomh, jacks, marks and rowens, to name a few. even the new guys, twisted angel, cidermaid, and rose love. all have a different style of writing. i think i've replied to a fair few poems today and not mentioned it once. it feels so much like i'm defending myself doesn't it .

why not start a discussion in the poetry discussion forum. see what others think?