Not an MFA.....WTF

if anyone reading this has an MFA, I'm obviously envious as hell......yeah, that's it

ego betrays
you

is that "Y-O-U"?

still pissing your
wordless poetry

(never write lines of the poem within paranthesis, that's just lazy)

(someone with "MFA" behind their name wrote that -- the line above, so it must be true, though I myself like parans. and abbrevs. and using "....." after a thought, to create a newer thought, to speak that which is unspoken, implied -- or just fucking unknown)

how many poems
does it take
to spell Friday?

I promised myself I would write a longer poem, one with lots of words that "said" something, anything, a new thing, even just one thing, but it's difficult to think of new ways to say the same thing over and over and over and over over over and and and oavnedr (are you still reading this? I'm impressed)

ok, now for the poem:

"five silly bobs here/
oh god, angst me baby/
five silly bobs here"

(what? angst is just one syllable?)
yeah, I know
keats would be counting

the end.

Emeya -

Okay, I have to admit I reveled in this one. You said what I've thought and did what I did...or have wanted to do - because I'm tempted to piss on the ones that try to put poetry in a box because of a couple of letters after their name. That might be the anarchist in me. Basically, this made me want to say hell yeah in wonderful agreement, and I got a kick out of the delivery. Not to mention, I can just relate to the whole damn thing. It's poetical process.

how many poems
does it take
to spell Friday?

---Loved that.

~Emeya

Leanne -

I'm sure I said this before, but you rock, Kat.

In oh so many ways. (Friday is 42 virgins and a dead cat)

Leanne -
Oh, and I'm sure we've had it out before, but it's parentheses

Anstey -
You really inspired me. I enjoyed this, and it got my juices flowring. Thanks for that.

Kat -

if I culd actualy spel, then I wud just have to wory bout my gramer

Leanne -
Sure you can't spell, but Keats always counts.

Celticlion -
Ohhhhhhh, I had to read this one....I love it! I think in actuality those MFA thingys screw poets up more than anything. The last thing we need is a poet thinking he knows something someone else never thought of before.Recycling. That's all it really is. Great write...C

Anstey -
MFA's are both good and bad. Mostly, I think it depends on how a writer approaches it and what a writer expects from it. All in all. Yeah.

Kat -
actually, I was considering applying to the U of MD MFA program......not sure yet though......the application deadline is so far ahead of when the fall semester starts, I've already missed it for 2008......and they only accept new students in the fall......I was just messin' here......thanks C and Stephan

Anstey -
I went to a poetry conference a couple of years ago and a very very good poet named Major Jackson was asked about MFA programs. As a professor, I thought his answer was rather fascinating. Basically, his point seemed to be that an MFA does nothing more or less than teach mastery of skills and expand the exposure of the writer to other authors, styles of writing, and forms. It will not ensure publication. It will not teach the secret to writing the perfect poem or novel. All of that is within the writer, education only gives a writer more tools to find their way. Major Jackson's advice on what to do after getting an MFA was most telling. He said, "Live."

Kat -
"Live"......how friggin poetic.....I think one of the most important keys to writing excellent poetry, other than the basics, is to let your heart/soul saturate the words......in otherwords, your life......too many writers let their intellect control the process.....and while the intellect is important, methinks it's not the most important aspect of writing poetry