New Poetry Recommendations

[PandoraGlitters]

Saturday February 27

There were three New Poems on Saturday. Two of these were rather heartbreaking poems by NovemberBaby. I think the sing-song rhyme of them might undermine the message a bit, but nonetheless I found them worth reading, particularly Facade which made me wonder whether or not the narrator was suffering from an eating disorder. See what you think.

 

[butters]

i'm very much enjoying vrosej's erotic shorts here

 

[fake_baby_cici]

Me too. I also love chipbutty's poetry. It wouldn't surprise me if chipbutty turns out to be a poet laureate in real life! Thank you for sharing your wonderful and inspiring work.

 

[PandoraGlitters]

I enjoy Chip's work too. But today in New Poems there were three from seannelson of which I rather liked 3:50 P.M.

 

[Tzara]

Hey. I'm not trying to jumpstart this thing, which seems as dead and unrecoverable as your basic CPR dummy, but there's been some pretty good poems posted on the New Poems list in the last couple days, bunkie, and maybe y'all should check some of this shit out. Like:

• Australopitheca Africana by greenmountaineer, a thought-provoking love poem about early hominds. I mean, they don't get down, you ain't here, capice?
• I found Hard and Close by SweetOblivion rhythmic, well-rhymed, and kind of amusingly erotic. Check a check a check it out, compadres.
• fridayam's Moon features some arresting images, like 80 billion tons of rock at speed. Yikes!
• And, lastly, The_Fool takes our collective breath away with an audio submission, just a breath away, wherein he does a kind of midwestern Barry White thang trying to get some Lit gal into a compromising position. Hot, though.

Hey, youngsters! See, it ain't hard to review/recommend poemies! You just read 'em, write 'em, link 'em.

It might make yer own little cozy corner in heaven, y'know. Somewhere in Dante's laundry closet or sumthin.

Bye.

 

[PandoraGlitters]

Some new poems over the weekend that are worth reading, I think:

Tristesse2 has two up, including while making a ham sandwich
which made even this vegetarian's mouth water. I sort of like how live4passion reworked the angels dancing on the head of a pin idea in his poem a reckoning and I enjoyed Algonquin Twit's sticky but erotic poem drawn.

 

[fridayam]

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=475136

I have been proselytising sandyb's poetry for some time, but never here. It is a few days old, so forgive me. She has this sense of rhythm in her poetry which I find extraordinary, and a complete lack of self in her descriptions. In my mind, she is the finest erotic poet on here, and I urge you to look back at her oeuvre.

 

[Tzara]

Oh, look! It's another Random T-zed New Poemics Recommenderist Post!

How exciting for all you little people, eh?

Well, perhaps not. But let's get to it, anyway. Here's some recent New Poems I kind of liked:

• Curiouswife, who has been posting poems off and on for a bit longer than I have (so, maybe, Jurassic rather than Pre-Cambrian days), always seems to write about relationships in a confessional, intimate way. What distinguishes her poety for me is that they all seem dead-on honest. Hey, I can't do that. Well. So check out her latest, "Let Me Not."
• Speaking of poems that smack you between the eyes with personal honesty and want, you might want to look at Esperanza_Hildalgo's "I Feel Needy," which made me feel pretty needy, actually. I particularly liked S2, but you read it and name your own poison, 'K?
• The_Fool is talking to us again, with his audio poem "Dream Me." I don't know that this is one of his best poems, though it isn't bad--I found it kind of a downer poem, actually, which kind of colors what he's doing--but he reads so well that it kind of doesn't matter. I'm liking this "read your own poem thing" Mr. Fool is doing. Good voice, man.
• Finally, Algonquin Twit reimagines a Tess poem as some illustrated twitchy thing where I am seeing shapes in clouds that are making me shift uncomfortably in my chair. Check out his "To the Edge of a Pearly World" and see if you agree with me that AT knows how to use enjambment and end words effectively. Oh, and make you a little itchy at the same time

Hey, people! Reviewerization slots are open, fer gawd's sakes. Cowboy (or girl) up and prattle on about your peers. It's so easy, even I can do it!




And that means really easy, frankly. Really, really easy.

 

[fridayam]

Tzara, I reckon I'm dumb enough to take up your challenge!

There is the usual crop of poems which think that a jaunty (but rarely adhered-to) rhythm and a gobsmackingly obvious rhyme scheme make a poem--please, please, think again!--but there are a few exceptions.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477468 This is really sweet poem, full of love and full of observation. I would query one or two word choices, but overall it is a delight.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477468

A piquant look at our favourite doorsteppers.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477664

Like the roses in the poem, this would benefit from further pruning (though it is short already) but it is heartfelt and moving.

And I've realised that I still don't know how to embed the links to the poems properly--help someone? xx

 

[EroticOrogeny]

Tzara, I reckon I'm dumb enough to take up your challenge!

There is the usual crop of poems which think that a jaunty (but rarely adhered-to) rhythm and a gobsmackingly obvious rhyme scheme make a poem--please, please, think again!--but there are a few exceptions.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477468 This is really sweet poem, full of love and full of observation. I would query one or two word choices, but overall it is a delight.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477468

A piquant look at our favourite doorsteppers.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477664

Like the roses in the poem, this would benefit from further pruning (though it is short already) but it is heartfelt and moving.

And I've realised that I still don't know how to embed the links to the poems properly--help someone? xx

Thanks fro reviewing.

What I usually do is copy poem name (or type if short & simple in my post) and then copy link at top of poem from other tab/window. I select poem name in my post and hit link button, pasting in to little link dialog.

 

[fridayam]

I think I understand that, and thank you. It's just as well, because I forgot to mention "The Horned God" by sandyb http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477292

She is one of my favourite poets, and though I have some issues with the punctuation, it is still ahead of the game.

Oh, jeez, I still haven't got the hang of it. Give me time. I am persistant!

 

[Senna Jawa]

Tzara, I reckon I'm dumb enough to take up your challenge!

You don't need tzara for an excuse.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477664

Like the roses in the poem, this would benefit from further pruning (though it is short already) but it is heartfelt and moving.

The small world of poetry would gain by totally pruning the dummies like you, and their pseudo-poems.

 

[butters]

You don't need tzara for an excuse.



The small world of poetry would gain by totally pruning the dummies like you, and their pseudo-poems.

how disappointing. this doesn't belong here, and it's rude as well as completely fallacious. fridayam has produced some exceptional writing! perhaps you've not had the good fortune to read the same pieces i have, but nonetheless this rude response is quite out of place.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

You don't need tzara for an excuse.
The small world of poetry would gain by totally pruning the dummies like you, and their pseudo-poems.

At least this person's giving recommending and opinion a go, Senna, it takes courage for some less "assured" people. Plus it's not the kind of scathing comment you're used to (apparently) We haven't seen any constructive comments - praising or critical - from you lately.

 

[champagne1982]

<edited>I'm surprised that Senna has taken a comment on his work so poorly. Apparently, he's grown unused to anything but lauds.

Senna, take the comment for what it's worth. If the review rouses such negative emotion from you, perhaps you should withdraw the poem from your page until you're further removed from it.

 

[PandoraGlitters]

We've had argumentative discussion about what constitutes good poetry (and what doesn't in someone's opinion) in this thread before and the thread has survived. I think people are entitled to their poemy opinions. Of course I would hope that they could be civil to one another, but it is the internet and poets are passionate.

 

[Senna Jawa]

I know what I am talking about

I've read a couple of fridayam's pieces (one of them somewhat praised by tzara). They were junk, and I can easily explain it, leaving no doubts about it whatsoever. Worse than that, they were not a "novice junk" but a "veteran junk", which seems to indicate a hopeless case.

Chipbutty, why don't you post a link to some of the fridayam's "exceptional writing". You're not dumb like fridayam, you know how to post a link properly, don't you? You post it, and then we may see about that exceptionality.

Champ, I took the fm's comment for what it was worth. It was worth nothing. It was even misleading, hence less than nothing. I could truthfully answer in the Mozart style, that my poem has exactly the right number of words, not one too few, not one too many, but why bother?

It's been three and a half years since I've written a poem in English. This break is due to such incidences like this one when arrogant dummies with no feel or understanding of poetry play gurus. Writing poetry is a delicate business after all, and I am a social creature .

 

[Senna Jawa]

Btw

Nobody defending fd cared about the meritum. To have a more complete picture, you may even check both of the following:

• men don't cry
• [my father...]

 

[butters]

I've read a couple of fridayam's pieces (one of them somewhat praised by tzara). They were junk, and I can easily explain it, leaving no doubts about it whatsoever. Worse than that, they were not a "novice junk" but a "veteran junk", which seems to indicate a hopeless case.

Chipbutty, why don't you post a link to some of the fridayam's "exceptional writing". You're not dumb like fridayam, you know how to post a link properly, don't you? You post it, and then we may see about that exceptionality.

Champ, I took the fm's comment for what it was worth. It was worth nothing. It was even misleading, hence less than nothing. I could truthfully answer in the Mozart style, that my poem has exactly the right number of words, not one too few, not one too many, but why bother?

It's been three and a half years since I've written a poem in English. This break is due to such incidences like this one when arrogant dummies with no feel or understanding of poetry play gurus. Writing poetry is a delicate business after all, and I am a social creature .

you know what? your post makes me believe it'd be a case of pearls before swine, so i'll not bother. that's all i have to say on the matter.

 

[Senna Jawa]

curiosity took over

We haven't seen any constructive comments - praising or critical - from you lately.

Aren't you glad?

I am looking at your avatar, Tristessetwo, and wonder--have you typed your reply with your nose?

Best regards,

 

[Senna Jawa]

that's all i have to say on the matter.

A coward's way out. Talk is cheap (and, sure, be happy, you were offensive). To stand behind your conviction is a different matter altogether. But then, you had no chance.

 

[bflagsst]

how disappointing. this doesn't belong here, and it's rude as well as completely fallacious. fridayam has produced some exceptional writing! perhaps you've not had the good fortune to read the same pieces i have, but nonetheless this rude response is quite out of place.

lol. His rude response isn't actually out of place at all for him. That comment is precisely my picture of him as a human being and poet. Mediocre.

 

[butters]

A coward's way out. Talk is cheap (and, sure, be happy, you were offensive). To stand behind your conviction is a different matter altogether. But then, you had no chance.

i'm not in the habit of posting work shown to me privately or posted here somewhere without the poet's permission, nor have time to find links. i believe this thread has been disrupted enough; responses are for the To Keep The Review Thread Clean thread. i think you have isssues and i'm not paid to deal with them. *ignore*

lol. His rude response isn't actually out of place at all for him. That comment is precisely my picture of him as a human being and poet. Mediocre.

ah

 

[Senna Jawa]

i'm not in the habit of posting work shown to me privately or posted here somewhere without the poet's permission,

One should be able to support their opinion or else one should not voice it.

nor have time to find links.

Pathetic.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Aren't you glad?

I am looking at your avatar, Tristessetwo, and wonder--have you typed your reply with your nose?

Best regards,

No, actually, I'm not glad. I'd like you to critique - or at least comment (perhaps in a less vitriolic way) on any poems you feel merit your attention.

This site is often – and was my – starting point for neophyte poets. I’ve learnt a lot in a non-judgmental atmosphere and at my own pace and would hope others will too. Some posters are obviously not to be taken seriously but others work to improve and should be encouraged and merited for their effort.

I’m typing in the conventional manner.