What does the poet community do for Lit?

[KillerMuffin]

I'm just curious, particularly after reading some WD wrote a while ago.

Anyway.

What does the poet community do for Lit?

 

[REDWAVE]

Reversed

What does Lit. do for the poet community?

 

[KillerMuffin]

Well, Lit sticks its fingers into the poet community's eyes while saying "Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck."

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Hehehe

Well, in return, the poet community's is like a little bee flying around Lit buzzing "look at me, look at me" but we're too scared of Lit to sting. Not that it would do any good, bees die after they do that.

Or maybe the poet community's just enjoying the fine flowers that grow here.

 

[WickedEve]

Well, I've been thinking about this, and I don't know. Should we be doing something? We post poetry. We try to encourage other poets. We talk about stupid things, sometimes...
I can't think of what else we do.
What do you want from us?!!! For goodness sake, we are poets!
Seriously, what did WD write that has you asking this question?

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I thinks we should be wearing more black and sigh all over the place. And stop eating and sleeping.

 

[REDWAVE]

Poetry ghetto

We all know poems on Lit. get read a lot less than stories, especially stories in the most popular categories, like incest and group sex. So we're kinda living in the slums of Lit., the ghetto projects, while incest story writers are living in the penthouse.

Let's face it: Laurel could cut poetry out altogether and lose very little in ad revenue. Poets are kind of a useless fifth wheel. And the non-utility of poetry is one of the things I like about it.

What the poets do contribute to Lit., besides poetry, is a quirky community of bright, talented, idiosyncratic individuals which gives the site a certain panache it would otherwise lack.

Panache-- how's that for a word, K-dog?

 

[Pervert]

Myself,

I intend to not contribute anything of value in any forum. So this one will at times keep me out of the others.

 

[karmadog]

Too late

<--- What about that, Perv? How can you say that Bart Av is of no value. Is that a tat, or something?

RED, I like the word panache. Except, for some reason, when it is pronounced "panosh". I always want to punch somebody when they pronounce it that way. Of course, that applies only to Amurcans. Furriners cain't hep the way they tahlk.

It's nice to hear the familiar complaint of the poet:

Nobody understands me. Nobody gets me. I'm underappreciated. O cursed Philistines!

Sheesh. I bet you guys say "panosh"!

Seriously, though, I don't think poets can be expected to draw as many readers. Poetry demands a little more from its readers than most fiction does. I think if you look at the ads and the top referring sites, you can see what most of the visitors are looking for.

 

[Sweetwife]

Sick 'em K Dog

GGRRRRR

Bite 'em in the ankle then lift your leg.

Sweetcheerleaderwife

 

[RisiaSkye]

I thinks we should be wearing more black and sigh all over the place. And stop eating and sleeping.

Hey! I already resemble that remark.

 

[PAUL C]

I don't know what it gives to you

I like it.

That is enough for me.

 

[JUDO]

The poets at Lit offer improved similies and metaphors. We link thoughts with methods dissimilar from other types of writing, often openings new doors to creative wordplay.

As a Lit author who also authors poems, I find it incredibly stimulating to my prose.
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If nothing else, it's an avenue for a writer to explore that insists on communicating the experiences in your mind to others in a very different manner.
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If you are a wordsmith, then you should dip your toes into poetry and watch your mind grow.


- Judo

 

[stargirl32]

I dipped my toes in the mire.
Inked words swam and dived.
Trailing grammar in its path.
metaphors nibbled at my brain .
similes sucked at my synapses.
Till inch by literal inch I was consumed.


I get a warm feeling reading all the poetry posts. its nice to know am not the only mad,insane lunitcal writer out there,,
even the constuctive snips induce a warm glow ,,,...... I think?

 

[karmadog]

OK, I growled and whizzed all over now I'll donate a meaty bone.

The poet community at Lit (at least right now) does a lot less whining. Check out how few threads on this board are devoted to complaints compared to how many are devoted to complaints on the Author's Hangout.

For the most part, this board is about challenges, discussion, and recognizing the fine work of other poets.

Although I consider myself a writer of prose, I have much more fun hanging with the poets. I learn from them. I don't learn much from the prose writers (with a few, very few exceptions--KM, Weird Harold, one or two others).

I guess what I'm saying is that the poetry people inject a little genuine passion to the site.

 

[JUDO]

I guess what I'm saying is that the poetry people inject a little genuine passion to the site.

Harrrrrooooooo! Amen, Brother Dog!


- Judo

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

The poet comunity gives the writers something else to aspire to and at the same time challanges the poets to reach a broader audience.

At first glance anyway.

 

[TheDR4KE]

What does the poet community do for Lit?

Odd question. The poet community is a part of lit. There are people who come onto the site to chat or read a naughty story, and remember that when they were teens they found some truths in poetry that couldn't be expressed in prose. They look at a poem here and maybe find something like that again.

There are people who find the boards and look around, and if they drop in on the poetry board they find that others share their passion and the ability to be poetic.

We form a group that is small but that is accessible. (Even if we disappear for a while. )

We're nothing special, not the main attraction. But we're not inconsequential.

We're the season word in a modern haiku. Not necessarily needed for any protocol of form, but a nice touch, something that goes a bit deeper.

Quack,

the D

 

[daughter]

those of us who pop in

less now and have made good friends here. We read and value the relationships with have with our peers.

I don't know how much poets are suppose to give or if Lit owes us anything. I think you seek out want you want and when you don't find it, you create it.

I have friends here and no complaints.

Peace,

daughter

 

[tigerjen]

My 2 cents

I believe that the poetry community provides a unique
outlet for those who want a change of pace from the
vast amount of stories here on the site.

I remember my own experience.......one year ago I posted
up a story and several of my poems for starters........and
one year ago, there wasn't even a separate poetry
forum at all. It was just one; "Stories and Poems forum".
The poetry seemed to have gotten lost in the shuffle until
a bunch of us said "we want our own forum"........and later
last year, we got it.

Though I have not written much this year, I do check back
here from time to time, and it is great to see new faces,
and of course, the regulars!

One thing that I know is key to the poetry forum which
has worked for me in the past, is promotion.......self-
promotion in particular. Self--promotion gets the word
out to friends, and to those here on Lit who read the
stories but don't always check out the poetry.

So there you have it....my 2 cents


tigerjen

 

[ronde]

Poets are special people

I think many authors at Lit, myself included, could take a few lessons from the better poets who post here. We story authors concern ourselves with defining our characters and scenes in a few paragraphs. Poets are those people who can do that in a few sentences and still find room to tell a small tale in their relatively short works. My hat is off to these special people, and I'm very glad they have a place to display their work.

 

[lickmyboot]

I just discovered Lit. I've browsed for an hour on the poetry section (Erotic & Non-Erotic) and I have to tell you that I'd rather be associated with this site then any of the pretentious poetry forums I've seen on the web. I like reading short stories and erotica, but as far as writing prose--that's not my forte.

Having just stumbled upon this gem of a site, I do hope that poetry doesn't fall off due to advertising. I think all forms of creative expression are valid. Especially the erotic in this day and age. Fellow poets need to rally together and support each other in their craft. Poetry isn't something that your seventh grade English teacher crammed down your throat. It isn't a supplement in the great anthology of Literature. It is a living, breathing, changing kinetic energy force that should be nourished by fellow writers.

Okay--enough soapbox. As I am a forum virgin, I look forward to chatting with you all.

 

[WickedEve]

lickmyboot

That's a hell of a first post! Welcome to the board!

 

[Lauren Hynde]

LickMyBoot

Welcome to our cyber home. You're more than welcome to join in any ongoing thread, start your own, ask for feedback, give feedback, tell jokes, write slutty hypersonnets in 15 minutes or less, enter all the challenges and openly flirt with whomever you want.

 

[Guest]

Like fine wine