12-22-2018, 11:39 AM
No, poets don't get to choose when "someone wants to be touched", but what poet actually cares to a certain degree? We live for the creative process, don't we? There are plenty of other things to do, but I believe this thing matters just as much. I feel like photography is having a better run in my generation, and writing, well...
In many instances, if not most or all, you're right. It's often those who come from hardship that have the drive to produce quality art. What this has to do with the exposure of quality poetry? Not quite sure. Is it that those who took a minute to write a poem because it came from the heart and thus is perfect get the most exposure, while we toil away for the right things to pen then not call our poetry masterpieces get the least? If this is so, I would argue it's because those poets don't bend to the Internet landscape, other than using it to contact publishers and seek improvement on forums like these (if there is any other forum like this one (; ). The internet is a huge part of this age, fun fact, and the world of music knows this awfully.
Maybe the internet is what will rob poets of their coin. All poetry is, is words, and words are not hard to come by. A sound, video, or performance on the other hand, well, their experiences are what poetry aims to capture. If music is just sounds and it's harder to come by than words, and music artists are already getting bilked by streaming platforms, I can only imagine what other platforms will do with poets, should poetry gain traction. But should poetry gain traction, I would hope the public would be able to recognize by then that not everyone can write, or rather, anyone can write, but like other art forms there is a craft to it. Maybe this would put the coin back in our pockets.
In many instances, if not most or all, you're right. It's often those who come from hardship that have the drive to produce quality art. What this has to do with the exposure of quality poetry? Not quite sure. Is it that those who took a minute to write a poem because it came from the heart and thus is perfect get the most exposure, while we toil away for the right things to pen then not call our poetry masterpieces get the least? If this is so, I would argue it's because those poets don't bend to the Internet landscape, other than using it to contact publishers and seek improvement on forums like these (if there is any other forum like this one (; ). The internet is a huge part of this age, fun fact, and the world of music knows this awfully.
Maybe the internet is what will rob poets of their coin. All poetry is, is words, and words are not hard to come by. A sound, video, or performance on the other hand, well, their experiences are what poetry aims to capture. If music is just sounds and it's harder to come by than words, and music artists are already getting bilked by streaming platforms, I can only imagine what other platforms will do with poets, should poetry gain traction. But should poetry gain traction, I would hope the public would be able to recognize by then that not everyone can write, or rather, anyone can write, but like other art forms there is a craft to it. Maybe this would put the coin back in our pockets.