I LOATHE March

[may_posa1]

Group E

Comments

[ofcatslives]

Yes, Lesley-Anne, you are making sense. It seems logical to attribute technological advances in visual entertainment with the decline in public poetry. Afterall, television and even radio is more appealing to the senses than someone reading aloud or having her poetry published. This phenomenon isn't really a problem, I see it more as an opportunity for poets to find creative ways to deliver and present their art to the public. Change isn't always bad! I find that in this class and generally, people are so concerned with criticizing the period we live in that we ignore what is really happening. So, instead of dwelling on literary movements of the past, we should be concentrating on how we can make a great literary movement for our time and give our decendents something to dwell on and hopefully inspire them to a great literary movement of their own.

[meag_o]

I totally agree Janice! While I'm a lover of those past poems, I can't help but feel slightly snubbed when academically, we never look at poetry from after 1930. Tradition is important, but there's so many new and exciting things going on - as students of literature, we owe it ourselves to know what's going on and help shape the movement for sure. :)

[roger_kuin]

But if you were taught mainly contemporary poetry in courses, would you read the 16-19C stuff for yourself?

[tricia_stewart]

I understand what you're saying Lesley-Anne and it does make sense. I, too, have stopped and listened to that somewhat crazy man and then continued on my way. I agree that we, as a society, don't want to hear or see anything bad unless, for some strange reason, it's about someone far away from us. Public poetry wouldn't survive today probably because it doesn't have enough explosions, not to mention it would hold up a mirror to what is going on and I don't think we want to see what it would show. But enough ranting for me, Great job! :)

-Tricia