Broken Poetry
Sun, 2001-06-10 19:18
#1
Broken Poetry
I have read a lot of poems in my time. One thing that I was found easy to read were broken poems. I know a lot of people hate that style but I think it is good. Though, it sometimes comes across as page filler.
I have written " Insomniac" in that style and Beef does it very well. Just wanted your thoughts on that style of writing.
Liana
Can you educate me Si?
iFB
*would like to know what broken poetry is too*
spaghetti_si
This is for you, Liana.
This is a broken poem by Charles Bukowski
Escape
The best
part was
pulling down the
shades
stuffing
the doorbell
with rags,
putting the
phone
in the
fridge
and going
to bed
for 3 or 4 days
And the
next best
part
was
nobody ever
missed
me.
iFB
do you
mean
very short
lines
si?
spaghetti_si
Yes. It is called broken verse or poetry or whatever.
Liana
thanks Si
si
Me pleasure Liana
Gabrielle
OMG..........I thought you were talking about broken pottery. Sorry. I was going to recommend Argos.
spaghetti_si
Hey Gabrielle, Argos is crap isn't it? Remember " Dreams can come true, look at me I'm with you". One of your songs I believe.
Gabrielle
Look....mate.....I was called Gabrielle long before she was.
Anyway here in Lewisham (quite close to the other Gabrielle's territory - which is Brockley) Argos is considered the epitomy of good economic taste.
or to put it another way
Look!
Mate!
I
was called Gabrielle
long
before she was
etc etc
iFB
is there such a thing a poetry which is slightly bent?
spaghetti_si
Okay. So you are older than her? I flirted with " The real" Gabrielle once. It was such a shame a bouncer threw me through a glass door though
Gabrielle
Lewis Carroll's
.............Mouse tail poem
..................which curves like a tail
.............getting
.................smaller
.....................as it
........................goes
...........................along.
Damn .can't reproduce it here ..but you know what I mean.
Otherwise...define bent.
si
Bent poetry? Hmmmm I don't really know
Gabrielle
And yes ..sorry si...considerably older. And I am the real Gabrielle - don't you forget it.
iFB
ah thank you G ... most enlightening ... i guess i would define "slightly bent" poetry as that which is almost broken but not ... similarly there could be "cracked poetry" ...
spaghetti_si
Gabby, You are the real one as she got me thrown through a door. As some skinny young lady once sang " Age aint nuthin' but a number.
wolfgirl
I
like
it
i
like
the
stilted
effect
it
can
be
very
effective
Or not.
stormy petrel
Are
Red
Gossammers
Overtly
Shiny
In
Sepia?
Coloured
Retail
Always
Putrid
Nice one stormy...
my favourite acronym is-
Not
A
Lot
Going
On
stormy
Ta Chuck one of my favourites is:
We
Import
More
Paddys
Every
Year
but no doubt that will be frowned upon by local government officers
spaghetti_si
Acronym's are not my thang really.
Trying to think of a really good one
Si
* will get on the front page of this site one day*
Big Brother
Indeed you will, Si. A hideous oversight has now been corrected
The Day's Been As
glum
as
a
poet's
accountant.
(not
an
acronym
by
the
way)
spaghetti_si
Glad to here it Big Brother. Can I please go to the diary room?
Big Brother
As long as you don't try to vote anyone out of the forum
Brockleybabe
spagsi : Your name is on the front page today!!!!
Andrea
Congrats, Sauce - made it to the big time at last, eh?
Owzat for crushing a downer?
spaghetti_si
YEEEEEEEESSSSS I MADE IT!!!! I am on the front page. I smile for the first time in weeks.
iFB
errrrrr .... si ... how much did you actually PAY barry for that recommendation????
spaghetti_si
Ivory, I paid him what it was worth. Five cans of Spaghetti
iFB
heinz?
Andrea
Hoops?
How's-that-for-an-ex-pat-keeping-up-with-merchandise-in-the-UK-?
spaghetti_si
Alphabetti Spaghetti actually.
iFB
oh andrea ... i hope not hoops .. they are so terribly common ...
Andrea
Oh, sorry, Fish. Did me best. Ain't been there for 25 years, after all. Thought they were still all the rage, like the Liver Birds...
iFB
oh no dear ... those in the know have the ordinary sort ...
stormy
didn't know heinz did livers with birds custard.
*adds to shopping list*