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by angel1 on July 20th, 2009
1) sometimes
2) yes
3) pleasure
4) not that I know of
5) no- it has just changed
by Ironkettle on July 20th, 2009
1. no
2. no, I can't understand it.
3. Pleasure
4. no
5. I don't know.
by Fiddle Playing Creole Bastard on July 20th, 2009
1. Yes. ee cummings, Dylan Thomas, and Charlie Baudelaire are my favorites. I also write it.
2. Yup. I really like post-modernist poetry.
3. Both.
4. Nope. Most of them, anyway.
5. No, it just doesn't sell very well.
by cunning stunt who u calling chicken on April 16th, 2009
1 - yes. I read and write poetry
2 - yes. I also read my poetry in public (gasp!)
3 - Pleasure
4 - many of them, yes. Lots of writer friends...
5 - NO! What is rap & hip hop if not poetry?
by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009
Ok... I am going to answer this question from my father's perspective, because he likes pootry.
1, yes
2, No
3, for pleasure
4, some do
5, yes - poetry is not the same - these days a lot of poetry seems to ressemble prose written on different lines.
My father is 77 years old, and read a lot of poetry in his youth - he can still recite huge chunks of poems. He prefers the older poets, and does NOT liek Seamus Heaney.
by Jadey - Vive la difference on July 23rd, 2009
1) No
2) No
3) I used to read it for both, now, neither.
4) No
5) I have no clue... I am sure it couldn't have done, but maybe it is not quite as respected, and popularly pursued as it once was. Once upon a time poets had amongst the most respected careers going. Poets were at the top of the social ladder. So more time was spent perfecting it as an art form.
by HasntBeen on July 23rd, 2009
I don't normally sit down and pick up a book of poetry. Once in a while I stumble onto something really great. I do write disposable poetry on the fly, usually on Answerbag, and usually it starts with "There once was a man from Nantucket..."
I suspect that the problem with poetry as an artform is that first, it requires a highly refined reader... you don't find a lot of Monster Truck Rally attendees carrying around bits of verse to share. So that narrows the audience to start with. Then, it also makes a lot of demands on the reader's attention, one must focus and slow down to "get it". In a world where a web site will die if the page doesn't load in 15 seconds, that's really going to narrow the audience.
But even with a small audience, I don't see it dying. The creative ecosystem is nothing if not diverse and detailed, there's a niche for everything, and all of those things which are beautiful and delicate and strange can live on as long as there are people who appreciate them. Just don't expect a big box-office draw.
by Gnome of Kevonia is a Cheerwine junkie on July 20th, 2009
1 - No
2 - No
3 - In class
4 - Maybe very few
5 - It's pretty much dead.
by Tiger61 on May 14th, 2011
1. yes
2. yes
3. pleasure
4. don't know
5. some
by rebellious angel on May 14th, 2011
1. yes
2. yes
3. both
4. I don't know
5. yes kind of; most of the poetry people publish these days is mediocre and they don't like poetry like mine because it actually follows a rhyme scheme
by LibbyBeth on June 20th, 2011
1) Not unless I have to.
2) No.
3) In class.
4) My bff does I think.
5) No.
by Nuttsky on July 23rd, 2009
Occasionally.
I have some all-time favorite poems - Tennyson's "Ulysses" is one example.
My husband writes haiku - really good ones - he's published a couple thousand of them.
I have a good friend who writes and publishes poems. Poetry is real. Hers is good.
Poetry is highly condensed language that conveys a way of looking at something familiar and making us see it in a new way.
Not everything people say is poetry IS.
As in the case of modern art, some is art; some is pretense and ego.
Poetry is never going to die as an art form.
by Pecks bad boy on July 23rd, 2009
1) Yes 2)sometimes 3) pleasure 4) a couple 5) pretty much :( hopefully not.
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by Carrot and Stick on July 23rd, 2009
1) Do you read poetry? Yes
2) Do you read poetry that's been written within the last 50 years? Yes
3) Do you read poetry for pleasure or in class? Both
4)Do your friends read poetry? No
5)Do you think that poetry has "died" as an art form? No
by GibsonGuy on June 24th, 2010
1 Every day
2 Contemporary poets, yes
3 Pleasure
4 Yes
5 Not dead. Just in a coma. But some say it is being revived.
Name some things that are good for the earth that wouldn't exist if humanity never existed.
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You're reading Quick survey please =) 1) Do you read poetry? 2) Do you read poetry that's been written within the last 50 years?3) Do you read poetry for pleasure or in class? 4)Do your friends read poetry? 5)Do you think that poetry has "died" as an art form?Thanks!
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