on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 1:27 PM
In the main, no, I don't.
on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 1:02 PM
Michelangelo devoted his life to works of art - how can you argue he would have lacked emotion?
on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 12:26 PM
PAKI, why is it that you think modern equals good?
on Mean Matt was so mean, when a homeless guy asked him for change he gave him a -blank- by beakism
7 Sep 2002, 3:01 PM
I think that that should be up to the reader - it could be the nail I drove through your hand, or the rocket I'm going to fire at your house, or the penis growing from your forehead where you used to have hair. I think the interpretation the reader chooses will reveal something about their subconscious.
on Water Droplet by craiggiarc1971
7 Sep 2002, 3:11 PM
Wow! Maybe now you can move onto 'Hop On Pop'!
on some deleted poem
7 Sep 2002, 1:56 PM
What I want to know is why this discussion took place at the bottom of my 'poem'.
on some deleted poem
7 Sep 2002, 2:32 PM
And Settle, while I appreciate your bountiful wealth of knowledge, I don't appreciate you widening the screen with a long line of BRLRLBRLBLRBL.
on At the Olde Absinthe by Limness
7 Sep 2002, 2:49 PM
there's a gay pub down the road, you know.
on some deleted poem
7 Sep 2002, 2:51 PM
Is that tough as in 'my desk was tough so I beat their bastard heads against it', or tough as in 'I can't spell dough'?
on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 1:12 PM
It seems you missed my point, maybe down to me expressing myself badly. I imagine not that Michelangelo would have recreated specific works, but that he could have created works of equal quality.
on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 12:14 PM
PAKI, I never said that Byron was the greatest poet ever. What I meant to imply was that Byron had talent as a writer. You may prefer modern art to that produced in the Renaissance, but Michelangelo was still skilled beyond comparison with any painter today. And likewise, though you may prefer some poetry on this sire to that of Byron's, he was clearly a more talented writer.
on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 2:46 PM
Alright, alright. Just forget everything I ever said about Michelfuckingangelo. It was just a god damn analogy.
on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 12:45 PM
Indeed. But you haven't addressed the issue. The issue is not whether or not the poetry on this site is better than poetry written years ago; the issue is whether or not the poets on this site are as talented - and my point was that they clearly are not. Michelangelo could reproduce any Turner prizewinning art; I can't imagine any artist today could, in his lifetime, reproduce a single square foot of the Sistine Chapel. And likewise (though not perhaps to the same degree) I doubt that any writer on this site could use the English language with skill approaching that of, say, Byron's - to use the language to its full extent while still producing rhythm and rhyme is true skill.
on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 12:55 PM
Your point attacks a point I never made. What I said was that Byron, had he lived in our times, could have written poetry superior to that on this site - his mastery of English was clearly far greater. What I didn't say was that Byron's poetry was better as such. Goodness is far more subjective than skill.
on some deleted poem
5 Sep 2002, 1:05 PM
If the discussion comes down to this, then it seems easily resolvable: this is a forum where people have their works judged, and I dislike most people's works.
on Hypocrites by PawnedTidal
5 Sep 2002, 3:06 PM
Indeed. If the poem flowed better, and if it wasn't a rant against parents, I'd enjoy it.