Originally posted by stockenYou may be shocked to learn that I agree with the sentiment that this poem challenges the reader to look at their own level of freedom / cagedness. It was the first thing i did once I'd read the poem.
Still don't understand why I should be so caught up in this. I'm more of a
free bird, yeah? Or am I now?
Originally posted by stockenI'm not saying it's against the rules... it's just reflective of what the people that are using the forum are about.
If I like to do that, and should anyone else want to join me (not bloody
likely from the looks of it), who are you to say this is not the forum for it?
It's not in violation of the TOS, surely?
Again being blunt, this forum is the gutter of intellect (yes I include myself in that) - just look at the frequency of "POSTER POSTER POSTER" type threads, or all the inane spin-offs. This suggests the average forum user hasn't got the capacity (or isn't willing to employ it here) to analyse poems in depth.
In the time i've been here the prose competition has been and gone, the photo comp been and gone (maybe to return), the music comp may return etc etc etc... Of these i think the prose one had the most discussion, but still not to the depth of analysis to which you're possibly searching for.
Maybe the debates forum would yield better results for you? I don't know... but one thing's for sure - you'll find more like minds on a dedicated poetry forum.
A free bird leaps on the back
Of the wind and floats downstream
Till the current ends and dips his wing
In the orange suns rays
And dares to claim the sky.
How easy it is for the free bird to surrender himself completely to the
forces of nature, when he knows he'll be able to fly away from it. There.
Finally. That's the essence of the poem, for me. That's why I'm
caught in it. I'm not really free, because as soon as I leap on my back to
relax I feel that everything I've worked so hard for may just slip away.
rhb? You may be right. I should probably seek like-minded elsewhere.
I'm going to the JD forum now. 😏
After I've made dinner that is. Damn, I'm hungry. 😕
Originally posted by rhbAt least you can spill and use grammer correctly!
I'm not saying it's against the rules... it's just reflective of what the people that are using the forum are about.
Again being blunt, this forum is the gutter of intellect (yes I include myself in that) - just look at the frequency of "POSTER POSTER POSTER" type threads, or all the inane spin-offs. This suggests the average forum user hasn't got the capacit ...[text shortened]... but one thing's for sure - you'll find more like minds on a dedicated poetry forum.
That pleases me, for one! 😉😉🙂🙂🙂😉
Saves me from policing the aruldites of this plaice! 😉 😏
Albeit, I will continue to keep up the English use of grammar and spelling; purely for the sake of our past, and not the gawd forsakened future of colorful and destructive american english that has a history tainted like teeth after 50yrs of smoking!
Alas, American English teachers. Now that's a paradox im purity! ;(
Originally posted by mikelomgr8! thx!
At least you can spill and use grammer correctly!
That pleases me, for one! 😉😉🙂🙂🙂😉
Saves me from policing the aruldites of this plaice! 😉 😏
Albeit, I will continue to keep up the English use of grammar and spelling; purely for the sake of our past, and not the gawd forsakened future of colorful and destructive american english that h ...[text shortened]... after 50yrs of smoking!
Alas, American English teachers. Now that's a paradox im purity! ;(
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Originally posted by rhbNah...we have music, poetry, and photo competitions in general, without a soul barging in and demanding they be relocated. Even have game-playing threads (Shogunate?) There aren't rules stating that a "competition" is allowed, and an individual posting their creations is not allowed.
If anyone wants that for their own or anothers work they should be posting it on a dedicated poetry forum. Here they will only ever get shorter (I like / don't like) type analysis in the main.
Originally posted by SJ247You've misinterpreted me. I'm not saying it's not allowed, or should be relocated. I'm saying that by posting one-off creations here for review folks are more likely to receive short "I like" or "I don't like" feedback, rather than in depth analysis.
Nah...we have music, poetry, and photo competitions in general, without a soul barging in and demanding they be relocated. Even have game-playing threads (Shogunate?) There aren't rules stating that a "competition" is allowed, and an individual posting their creations is not allowed.
Originally posted by rhbYou did say you think threads like this is best served elsewhere, so
You've misinterpreted me. I'm not saying it's not allowed, or should be relocated. I'm saying that by posting one-off creations here for review folks are more likely to receive short "I like" or "I don't like" feedback, rather than in depth analysis.
that would be a request for relocation, but... let's not split hair, yeah?
I'm sure what you meant was to give your most valued opinion on
whether or not anyone is interested in carrying the discussion beyond the
simple I like/don't like responses. I'm also sure we'll find out you're
right, so there's really no point in you saying it, is there?
Or what I really wanted to say at this point, which is:
Yadda, yadda, yadda... if anyone is interested in discussing Maya's
poem, great! Otherwise, just leave the thread for dead already. This
discussion is absolutely without point or substance.
Originally posted by rhbAre you kidding? They're much more likely to fall victim to retards crapping on it just to get a laugh. And even more retards laughing.
You've misinterpreted me. I'm not saying it's not allowed, or should be relocated. I'm saying that by posting one-off creations here for review folks are more likely to receive short "I like" or "I don't like" feedback, rather than in depth analysis.
If ONLY we could see more "I like it" or "I don't like it". But no, people have to instantly crap on it so that they feel better about their own miserable lives.