01-21-2014, 05:35 AM
I'll apologize in advance for not getting up to speed with all 5 pages of posts before responding (I'm at work so not enough time to read all). But as I've been made to understand poetry unfortunately isnt for the masses. Its a sad fact that the average person doesnt care about poetry and I think I agree with what Todd said in the original post that if making it more accessible to a mainstream audience means watering it down then I'd rather it stay underground.
I think most of the poetry that the masses could enjoy and/or identify with is typically labeled as doggerel. And personally I enjoy most of this stuff. I recently bought a childrens book I think it was called "Who Says Moo". It would probably be deemed doggerel, but it was so simple and interesting with it's rhymes I thought it was brilliant. I'm no authority on the subject but the masses may need baby steps. Let them start with some WELL-constructed light verse and graduate into things more complex.
Well thats my 2-cents
I think most of the poetry that the masses could enjoy and/or identify with is typically labeled as doggerel. And personally I enjoy most of this stuff. I recently bought a childrens book I think it was called "Who Says Moo". It would probably be deemed doggerel, but it was so simple and interesting with it's rhymes I thought it was brilliant. I'm no authority on the subject but the masses may need baby steps. Let them start with some WELL-constructed light verse and graduate into things more complex.
Well thats my 2-cents