05-05-2012, 09:05 AM
i'm not keen on cookie cooker either though it's what i usually end up writing 
while i do like some of the classic rhyming stuff i find a lot doesn't work for this era (why should it, i agree) because of that i sort of struggle to want to read more.
for me good poetry is timeless, it ravels time well and works in any era. while i like Carroll's nonsense poetry, i think stuff like poe's "the raven" (thank's jack) is one of those pieces. some of the modern bird shit i see dropped on the page really turns me off, little spattering of nothing that have no soul. i think that's one of the biggest crimes of modern poetry. my flavour is fun, humour, nostalgia. preferably all 3 in the same poem. those poems with a twist that leave you smiling.
while i do like some of the classic rhyming stuff i find a lot doesn't work for this era (why should it, i agree) because of that i sort of struggle to want to read more.
for me good poetry is timeless, it ravels time well and works in any era. while i like Carroll's nonsense poetry, i think stuff like poe's "the raven" (thank's jack) is one of those pieces. some of the modern bird shit i see dropped on the page really turns me off, little spattering of nothing that have no soul. i think that's one of the biggest crimes of modern poetry. my flavour is fun, humour, nostalgia. preferably all 3 in the same poem. those poems with a twist that leave you smiling.