10-14-2023, 08:06 AM
To chime in for the defense, the distance between the title’s sentiment and the graceful language of its content is the driving force of the poem. Which isn’t to say that expressing a preference against the title is necessarily wrong or bad, I’m not trying to attack anyone or their opinion 
, but (at least for me) changing the title would be like calling The Vagina Monologues just The Monologues.
There was a story in the news a while back. As an art installation someone duct taped a banana to a wall. Some people went to see it. Some people stayed away, saying it was a symptom of what’s wrong with modern art. But one man, being hungry, ate the banana.
I don’t think this poem is a banana on a wall, and obviously no one has risen to the point of vehemence, but I do like the way that story illustrates a wide range of approaches to artistic intention
, but (at least for me) changing the title would be like calling The Vagina Monologues just The Monologues.There was a story in the news a while back. As an art installation someone duct taped a banana to a wall. Some people went to see it. Some people stayed away, saying it was a symptom of what’s wrong with modern art. But one man, being hungry, ate the banana.
I don’t think this poem is a banana on a wall, and obviously no one has risen to the point of vehemence, but I do like the way that story illustrates a wide range of approaches to artistic intention