Bad Poetry

[milo]

Can quality be objectified as iron?

quality can be measured /in/ iron, it cannot be voted on it must be measured.

Poetry is more difficult but the idea is the same. No matter how many people /vote/ that a bad poem is good, it is not.

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"The DECADENT SHIRE!"
Enter not this shadow place, for within its nook love found no space. -- rhyme without meter to match, quite unbalanced

A shire so fallen in the cruelest sense. The regard of its caretaker
never holding any respect. -- unmitigated prose, with a vague generalisation ("cruelest sense") to boot

For innocent care was not rendered and selfish greed had taken over. -- tell, tell, tell
The spoils of this fallen dream became a twisted dying clover. -- what the? A good example of rhyme driving the word choice with no regard for meaning

It was sad to see but inevitably known. -- awkward, telly and vague
These were the lost memories of a reality so empty and alone. -- awkward, telly, vague and stupid

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Even William Topaz McGonagall would have hung his head in shame at this one -- I do hope it's not by a well-regarded poet, Ray.

A quick google reveals that it is from deep underground poetry. It received the following telling comments:

"indeed, deep vortex man"
and "very good, very real"


The site advertises itself as "The Harder Side of Poetry"

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