11-23-2014, 02:02 AM
(11-23-2014, 01:52 AM)bena Wrote: Quote by milo a few posts back:personal anecdotes always make for bad scientific data.
"As.far as poetry getting better as you age? That is almost pure poppycock. As far as I know, Yeats is the only poet considered to have improved with age after his development period."
I have to disagree. I've been writing poetry since 8. From 8-14 was the forced rhyme crap plentiful with clichés. From then to about 19 was the woe-is-me crap. It was all crap until around 19 when I got married.
all along this journey I have had many things published, and probably not due to their merit.
I'm most proud of my work the last 20 years.
so neeners, mr milo.
love ya,
melicious the vulture ....................
you'll never see me coming, dammit.
1. Your "last 20 years" most likely encompasses parts of a poet's "prime" years (23-39)
2. You are probably not the best judge of your own work.
3. You might be an exception (an outlying data point more than 2 standard deviations from the mean)
4. You are making an unfair comparison. If 20 year old mel had the same tool set she would probably write the pants off you.
Try comparing some famous poets' "post 40 work" to their early work and you will see it isn't even a fair comparison.