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[daddysambiguity]

Know what I don't like reading that much, racist as it sounds, is ethnic or foreign poetry. Not that I dislike poetry BY minorities or those from other countries, but poems solely ABOUT that very thing. And I probably wouldn't enjoy a poem about being white in a suburb either. It's not race or location or age that matters to me as much as one's

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[splitpeasoup]

That's a really interesting point. On the other hand, I wonder if throwing in specific references makes writing more tangible or concrete to readers familiar with those references.

Hmmm.

[wiredkitten]

Strangely, I dislike poetry that mentions places I know, because it brings with it memories that sometimes clash with whatever quality the poet is trying to convey.

[jimmywitz]

i just don't read enough poetry....
probably because when i was a little boy, all the poetry we were given to read sounded so fucking sappy, like poems about the beauty of the lesser spotted throat warbler or wome obscure flower once seen in some run down village in England. Or a poem about the unrequited love for some bloated English tart called Gwendolyne, who wouldn't give the writer even a kiss, never mind put out something more substantial.
Never a poem about the beauty of a smoke encrusted steam locomotive, or massively muscled engineer who drove it (and , hopefully, his massive penis as well!!)
Now, a lot of the poetry i read has no rhyme, or rhythm, and doesn't feel like poetry at all.
Mot that it HAS to, and i'd rather read blank verse than put up with contrived rhymes, or ones that drive me crazy, like rhyming love with prove.
Do you think rhythm and metre is more important than rhyme by the way?
Like:
There was a young man from Madras

[vivaldiboi]

what a random thought... and i agree.