This year Valentine
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Dead Poet, thanks for your comments but I do not agree with you. There are many well-written poems that used abstracts and clichés. Poetry is a form of self-expression and I don’t think we should impose too many rules on it. And to be honest with you too, your comments don’t bother me at all. Meanwhile may I see some of your poems?
Thanks guys, I am cool.
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"What we have here... is a failure to communicate... "
not implying anything but when I read the poem and the subsequent posts, this line by Martin Luther King popped into my mind.
true... poetry is a form of expression... but it is also a form of communication. And when it comes to communication, what is important is not just what the writer wants to express, but what the writer wants to communicate to the reader and what he wants the reader to understand.
the poem is a decent start at writing but I guess what is lacking is how it can be better expressed to communicate your feelings, to get the reader to feel like you do or want them to. Which is probably why there were some replies that say they didn't get a visual when reading your poem.
Sure cliches and abstracts can make good poems, but it's how they are expressed that differentiates between a good poem and a mediocre or even cliched effort....
do write some more and like I said before, practice makes perfect.
DP posted an exchange he had with Gilbert Koh, one of Singapore's better known poets and what they said about poetry and how expression becomes a good poem provide some food for thought... go read it... -
*me post disclaimer*
I'm no expert... just giving my 0.05 cents worth and my opinion... heh...
*bo zo kang mod goes MIA again...*
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Dear BigDaddyCool,Originally posted by BigDaddyCool:Dead Poet, thanks for your comments but I do not agree with you. There are many well-written poems that used abstracts and clichés. Poetry is a form of self-expression and I don’t think we should impose too many rules on it. And to be honest with you too, your comments don’t bother me at all. Meanwhile may I see some of your poems?
Thanks guys, I am cool.
I have created a dummy blog because some of my friends’ blogs do not allow anonymous comments. I am thinking of posting my old poems there in the future. But I need to warn you those poems too are full of clichés and abstracts. I am not proud of them as poetry but I am sure proud of them as part of my life.
After I’ve decided to “switch camp”, I’ve only written one poem. I will not be writing any poems in the near future because I’ve decided to focus on reading instead.
Good luck in your writing and hope to see your poems soon.
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*turn and see wat DP has to say*Originally posted by KittynMeow:now when i come to think of it, I missed out on punctuation most of the time when I write... hahaha 
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DP's blog only has my comment there, don't forget to chat with me there hor DP
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Which one?Originally posted by The man who was death:DP's blog only has my comment there, don't forget to chat with me there hor DP
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The dummy blog lahOriginally posted by DeadPoet:Which one? -
The one in sgforums?Originally posted by The man who was death:The dummy blog lah -
yah, want me to be ghostwriter for you?Originally posted by DeadPoet:The one in sgforums? -
sgforum can blog??Originally posted by DeadPoet:The one in sgforums? -
Hello BigDaddyCool, you can read some of my old poems here.Originally posted by BigDaddyCool:Dead Poet, thanks for your comments but I do not agree with you. There are many well-written poems that used abstracts and clichés. Poetry is a form of self-expression and I don’t think we should impose too many rules on it. And to be honest with you too, your comments don’t bother me at all. Meanwhile may I see some of your poems?
Thanks guys, I am cool.
Wrote them back in 1990 - 1991, they were full of abstracts and clichés.