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Originally Posted by whyjonathan i am leaning heavily towards doing poetry...i'm not sure, though. I'm not really super into poetry, I haven't done much before, but the teacher thinks (based on prose of mine that he's read) I should.
Aestheticism is the theme/concept bouncing around at the moment. all about how ugly the world is, and how our senses are so dulled we are content with that uglyness. this can lead into a bunch of different things, like pop -vs- high culture and the effect of middle class complacency on a meaningful life. it all seems a bit cliché to me, though. :P and i have no idea how to poem-ify it. |
You will develop your poetry writing skills intime. it just depends onhow serious you want to take it. I thought i was pretty crap when i started out. but that was before the course. Ir depends for a lot of people, but if you want to do it, and you want to do well, then it's pretty clear that you just have to be a good poet.
that said, it's a prerequiste that you must utterly LOVE writing! but of course you do..
about your concept. don't worry too much about cliche'. you don't want your writing to have ANY cliche, but th concept is somewhat differnet. It's your angle on it, so try to be clever with that.
I think beauty vs ugliness in the world is a good idea. You could use a lot of intertextuality with writers who examine precisely that. Actually i think you'll do quite well with that, it's really good, but once again, it's how you execute a concept that makes it any good.
btw, i love your word "poem-ify"
you have no idea how to poem-ify?
just brainstorm. for example, with mine. My basic concept was the poet Sylvia Plath. Yet i managed to successfully poem-ify her. Keep thinking about it. I'd like to help more, but i can't because you haven't really given any depth or details.
however, becareful sharing it over the internet, for obvious reasons.
if you still want my help or opinions on something you don't want to disclose to the public you can pm me or anyone else you want help from. glitterfairy would be another good one.
xoxo