Received an interesting broadcast from an Author’s Den poetess sharing what had been penned [to her] by another individual touting the appropriate place for freedom of poetic expression. Here it is [in part]
“ … I, in no way, am against humor, melancholy, euphoria or any other genuine emotion which poetry emotes. You are more than entitled to have fun with your friends, but why don't you, or them, create a MySpace.com site and IM or blog all you wish. I was directed to AD by literary friends who indicated the site had a lot of interesting works - and it does. What you may not realize is that the site is sometimes "scouted" and I don't believe they are impressed by works akin to something we might have done in high school study hall. …”
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Where Have All The Poets Gone?
By Kathy Armijo
Where have all the poets gone?
To cyberspace, of course.
No more mind stimulation
Only denigration.
Poets have a brain.
They are able to sustain
Thoughts of peace and tranquility
And, lo, even frivolity.
To each who writes with humor,
Melancholy, euphoria or emotion
The thought of cyberspace
Is taking away poetry’s face.
Our family at the Den
Is filled with compassion,
Love and tenderness
And golly, gee, even silliness.
It seems that whoever wrote
This comment to an AD poetess
Is a critic who lives in a castle with a moat
And lives a life filled with sadness.
I, for one,
Will continue to join in the fun
It expands my mind
And is not unkind.
So, to this unkind soul
You are hereby banished to cyberspace
There to meet your fate
Having to watch us have fun through a tiny keyhole.
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God Bless
Michelle~
Much love to you all.
Keith
and for those who spew forth their venom.....
SCOUT THIS!!!
Walt
Sometimes messages does land in the wrong box...happened to me as well...and I replied to the person and it turned out to be somebody completely different....reply and you will know who this person really is!!
Thanks for this sugarcoated rant.....lol!!
Kick them boxers PINK!!
Love Tinka
Every garden, no matter how prolific or simple, will have its bugs and root rot, and those occasional stones that dislodge from somewhere, and roll down through and damage whatever is in their path.
AD is assuredly a community of friends, encouragers, and also a few who are seriously striving to make a mark (so to speak) in the literary world. Authors Den is also inudated with wannabes and simpletons which could be looked upon, or construed, as those that never made it past the fifth grade in their creative abilities.
But why?
Even the simplest and most inane writers have something to say, and anyone can glean something from them if they can get past those forces that cause some to condescend from their towers of sand.
Richard
to post our work and perhaps have it
read. I feel that not everything is
meant to be a masterpiece, so here's
to you Kathy for bringing this to light.
Brava!
I believe that the internet has been a huge boost for the art of poetry, taking it to a level never before reached. I'm glad to be a part of this history-making phenomena.
Love & Light always and in all ways,
Joseph*
but there are always the ones that cheat themselves. Christine
well done...
John
Be safe,
Karen
Newfie Hugs, Rose
Well it wouldnt of been right to not respond with those lines, after all, poetry is music, music is poetry in the absence of a melody or music arrangement, but then again, lots of us write with a tune in our heads LOL...so WHERE"S the scouts I wonder, anyone heard from any of these BRILLIANT people who CAN PICK A TALENT....
Hmmm, yeah didnt think so!!!
I'd say it was a cyborg that wrote that critisism, coz cyborgs can't write poetry, they only understand DATA, how boring, hoo hum..
Brilliant work here, way to go, sock it to the cyborgs hahaha.
Hugs
Ch'erie
Peace, Love, and Light,
Amber "V"
"I think that I shall never see..." would have put down the author as being without vision and sophormoric. Let freedom of speech ring forth in the den and if censurship by the den is inposed as he also suggested...then my dues will not be renewed again...
Fee
We've become a family here. There are excellent poets, bad poets, so-so poets. We (hopefully) encourage, support, and definately write. Why? Because we have to. None of us (or very few, anyway, ever get rich writing poetry. I do it because I have to. Poetry saved my life...an excellent write. Enjoyed.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Love,
Ann