i can't say more than i have already, milo put it more eloquently than i ever could. i will ask this,
if inversion sounds wrong to me and let's remember this is a workshop, should i not voice the fact?
fair enough, i conceded that were i not shown by others that inversion and cliche were bad, i'd probably still be using both; though after all the reading i've done since coming to poetry perhaps not as much. i actively look for cliche and inversion as part of my feedback. on odd occasion's i commend a certain cliche phrase if i think it was said with reason and fitted the poem. on odd occasions i've let inversion pass in a poetry form if i can't suggest a non inverted way to make it fit the meter. but if i think it reads as awkward i say so....is that so fucking bad?
"oh yes, nice bit of inversion there" just doesn't sit well with me.
if inversion sounds wrong to me and let's remember this is a workshop, should i not voice the fact?
fair enough, i conceded that were i not shown by others that inversion and cliche were bad, i'd probably still be using both; though after all the reading i've done since coming to poetry perhaps not as much. i actively look for cliche and inversion as part of my feedback. on odd occasion's i commend a certain cliche phrase if i think it was said with reason and fitted the poem. on odd occasions i've let inversion pass in a poetry form if i can't suggest a non inverted way to make it fit the meter. but if i think it reads as awkward i say so....is that so fucking bad?
"oh yes, nice bit of inversion there" just doesn't sit well with me.