09-13-2016, 03:50 PM
Wow this is a long thread!
You don't seem to understand what poetry is for. It is /not/ meant to communicate or deliver a message. It is meant to be enjoyed. Imagine if music had to deliver a message? You don't enjoy reading poetry? Bummer for you. I do. I also enjoy a nice bourbon which I hear others enjoy. Why do I enjoy poetry? Because it is enjoyable to me. I once stated, in a crit on this site, that a poem was worth reading again for a single line break that the author used. I still maintain that as true and have read the poem many times since. I still find enjoyment in that line break (as well as the rest of the poem). Would you? My suspicion is no. Could I explain to you how to enjoy a single line break? Unlikely, no?
You don't seem to understand what poetry is for. It is /not/ meant to communicate or deliver a message. It is meant to be enjoyed. Imagine if music had to deliver a message? You don't enjoy reading poetry? Bummer for you. I do. I also enjoy a nice bourbon which I hear others enjoy. Why do I enjoy poetry? Because it is enjoyable to me. I once stated, in a crit on this site, that a poem was worth reading again for a single line break that the author used. I still maintain that as true and have read the poem many times since. I still find enjoyment in that line break (as well as the rest of the poem). Would you? My suspicion is no. Could I explain to you how to enjoy a single line break? Unlikely, no?