As a child I thought poetry was all about rhyming. Poetry went tumty tumty tum, and the ends of the lines sounded similar – for a giggle.
Then other awareness began to dawn. Poetry comes in many forms, some barely recognisable as poetry from what I knew previously.
Then I began to understand why some poems pulled at my heartstrings. The words as seductive as music, as rhythmical as dance.
Some made me feel what I’d never experienced, put the feelings into my mind.
Some intrigue me, making me want to sit and think quietly about the subject, others make me want to go and try something described.
But do all words that are arranged as though they are a poem, indeed make a poem?
I think not.
I write words
In short sentences.
That’s just a way to write.
Unless the brevity
Conveys
The essence
It’s just
Short sentences.
I suspect poetry is in the mind of the reader and of the listener, put there by the poet.
Interesting reflections, Sidey.
I agree
with you
just writing
short phrases
does not
a poem
create.
Unless it
makes me
Giggle!
hehe
*like*
thanks Cindy
Though I agree with you,
I do think that writing
in short sentences
creates a different thought
process and pattern.
It invites
introspection and
musicality. Transforming
the mundane into
something mimicking
the poetic.
*wink*
i think it is a valid way to write, I use it but don’t think it’s poetry, just short sentences
Artificial
line breaks can seduce readers
into thinking
you’ve said something
profound.
LOL — so true
so very true! brevity masquerading as profundity !
I like your thoughts on this one, though, I must disagree. Your writing form causes the reader to pause, to think, to breathe… you’ve just controlled how we, the reader, consume your words. Poetry is art. Art is Poetry. It isn’t always about the lyricism.
thank you, i hope people stop for a few seconds to think.
you made it make sense
Poetry is often about the form; but also intention: if you think it’s a poem, then it’s a poem.
i think the decision is the audience’s one, not the writer’s decidion