Poetry died when the fuckers stopped rhyming. You can be creative and rhyme. Check out e.e. cummings ferchristssake. Today, any asshole can recite plain text and claim it's poetry.
In English class the prof tried to convince us that poetry was a unique form of communication. Communication should involve clarity, whereas poetry involves obfuscation.
No fucking surprise, then, that among all writers, poets head the list when it comes to suicide. Why? They are frustrated that nobody fucking gets their murky attempts at communication.
Lady, put some clothes on, please, I really just need your signature for this Amazon order, and...really, I'm getting kind of dizzy here...y'know, "again" really shouldn't rhyme with "pain," but anyway...HEY LADY! LEMME OUT OF HERE, OK???!?
In English class the prof tried to convince us that poetry was a unique form of communication. Communication should involve clarity, whereas poetry involves obfuscation.
No fucking surprise, then, that among all writers, poets head the list when it comes to suicide. Why? They are frustrated that nobody fucking gets their murky attempts at communication.