I propose to create a comprehensive guide to How To Create Bad Poetry. I will entice you with some of my first guidelines!
1) The first step towards truly bad poetry is to utilize words that do not go together. While there's something to be said for Creative License... well, I think we must turn this situation into an analogy to properly explain it. You know how no one eats starfruit or tangelos? They've never been assimilated into the mass food culture for the simple reason that they suck. This is the same thing with words. We don't say "I dreamed dreams" for the simple reason that it's a bad sentence, analgous to a starfruit. Turn instead to the trusty verbal apples and say "I dreamed about.."
Five Stars DownsafetyswamiApril 14 2005, 19:36:39 UTC
I will be the first to declare Hearing Red, the newest avant garde offering from the incomparable Rebecca Washecheck, an utter MASTERPIECE. As a self-appointed genius art critic, I'm expected to come up with top shelf bullshit on a regular basis, and I've always been the very best at it. But now I'm honored to tip my hat and share the stage, because she's put many of my better efforts to shame here
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1) The first step towards truly bad poetry is to utilize words that do not go together. While there's something to be said for Creative License... well, I think we must turn this situation into an analogy to properly explain it. You know how no one eats starfruit or tangelos? They've never been assimilated into the mass food culture for the simple reason that they suck. This is the same thing with words. We don't say "I dreamed dreams" for the simple reason that it's a bad sentence, analgous to a starfruit. Turn instead to the trusty verbal apples and say "I dreamed about.."
2) Transparent allegories are a MUST!
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