Poetry that makes you sick.

Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	on Mar. 2 2008 bad poetry. poetry that says nothing means nothing has no layers offers no value no thought poetry with lots of big words for the sake of big words. poetry with simple rhyme that offers nothing more poetry full of cliche poetry about alienation, sadness and depression that offers no greater human connection or understanding sex poetry that's just sex poetry love poetry that's just love poetry poetry full of weak images poetry that uses 20 lines to say what could be said in 1 poetry that uses 100 lines to say what could be said in 2 poetry that uses 3 lines what could be said in a single word. poetry that claims to be something it's not. for example... when someone calls something a sonnet that isn't. or a haiku that isn't a haiku.
Laura doomfrom The Divided Queendom Associate, 1336 posts	on Mar. 2 2008 A lemon?
Sinnaminsun	inspired from anstey on Mar. 3 2008 Anstey: Some of my dislikes are the same as yours, though my style may fall into a few mentioned on your list. Here are some that you posted that I agree with and really turn me off: poetry with lots of big words for the sake of big words poetry that's just sex poetry poetry that uses 20 lines to say what could be said in 1 I also don't like gross-out poetry, like when you read what could be the next script to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from aphasic on Mar. 3 2008 Aphasic: i like lemons.
W, Emeya 132 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 Egotistical poetry Poetry for Poetry's sake (I'm guilty of this one) Poetry with too many hyphenated words Poetry with too many dashes political poetry that only aims to prove someone wrong or itself right
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 Poetry about Purple Finches.
Harmon	inspired from anstey on Mar. 3 2008 I really hate Haiku.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from anstey on Mar. 3 2008 I Hate poetry about Lo-mein.
Dotdotdotfrom mars 466 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 I also dislike Haikus. Not always but mostly. Other than that, I take all poetry (and everything, really) on a case-by-case basis. Even poetry outside my normal little box of appreciation (ex: the occasional haiku), I sometimes like. I generally don't like to make generalizations (generally).
Dotdotdotfrom mars 466 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 ....in general.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from ShanV on Mar. 3 2008 ShanV: Generally, all generalizations are evil. That's why I love all generalizations generally. But specifically, there are many that I hate generally, even if specifically I love them on the surface. this is why i can generalize about lo-mein poetry. i love haiku. i hate acrostics. except good ones. but all acrostics suck generally. except some good ones that don't specifically.
Derma Kaputfrom Possum Grape, Arkansas Associate, 2156 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 Why do people hate haiku?
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from Derma Kaput on Mar. 3 2008 " Why do people hate haiku? " I suspect it has roots back to that Randy Newman song "Short People" back in the 70s. They extrapolate the lack of raison d'etre that short people have and apply that to short poetry. It's really not right or fair, but people suck.
Dotdotdotfrom mars 466 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 I hate haiku because I've never read a good one (except for the times I have, which, was like.. twice). They're mostly simple observations about nature, and I don't like simple observations about nature. I like things that go in more depth. Haikus rarely do more than capture an instant, and they rarely seem to offer any... introspection, for lack of a better word. It's a personal preference, and a bias I have against just "showing" and nothing else. Basically, it bores me.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from ShanV on Mar. 3 2008 ShanV: See, you wrote all that, but all i read was "blah blah blah... i hate randy newman... blah blah blah Haiku suck, they're short."
Dotdotdotfrom mars 466 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 I'm sure. Typical.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from ShanV on Mar. 3 2008 " I'm sure. Typical. " I would have hated to disappoint you with depth. another inch of snow atop my patch of dead grass ...worms still wait for spring
Derma Kaputfrom Possum Grape, Arkansas Associate, 2156 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 well, at least the pain of actually having to read a haiku is shortlived. I've seen so much contempt (veiled or otherwise) toward haiku over the years, sometimes from people who'd become apoplectic if their own favored styles were slurred. The personal taste perspective I understand though. To each their own. Personally, the only poetry that makes me sick is really long-winded bad poetry. The short-winded I can usually live through.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 Ok. i admit it. I really hate very little poetry. It just seemed more fun to rail against all sorts of poetry than to let this otherwise funny topic disappear. :D
Mercieca, Andrew 2771 posts	on Mar. 3 2008 My personal favourite when it comes to poetry that makes me puke would have to be my own. At times it seems there are "too many big words", though truth be told, that's how I speak. This is not why it sickens me though..... The puking is brought on by the fact that in a world where everything is pidgeon holed; something I rail against, I can't seem to find a hole for my trite stuff! As for Haiku, shrug...I couldn't care what form something is written in, as long as there's content, and even someone as pathetic as Randy Newman still had content! LOL End Rant Mos.
Icarus Iscariot	on Apr. 16 2008 the problem with poetry is that it's been polluted by poets. anyone who claims to be a poet is incapable of creating anything beyond discomfort. good poetry doesn't belong on paper. good poetry died of lead poisoning. it should be noted, too, that good poetry is allergic to ink.
Icarus Iscariot	on Apr. 16 2008 Anstey, reviewing your comments made me sick.
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	inspired from Icarus Iscariot on Apr. 16 2008 " i suspect your poems are no better. " No better than what? It's always good to have a new voice and a new perspective, although you do seem to have a terribly outdated notion that poetry is somehow written onto the internet with ink. Is your computer screen covered in white-out as well? Do you have commitment issues regarding setting your words down for posterity, or are you one of those performance poets who relegates all "poetry" to fleeting hot air?
Icarus Iscariot	on Apr. 16 2008 Leanne, you're very literal, aren't you? how refreshing. is it too early to express my admiration? as far as cowards go i'm very bold. i don't mean anything i say (except for that). dead flowers are so funny in autumn, no? do you like hopscotch?
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on Apr. 16 2008 Dead flowers always seem to have the strongest smell. As for hopscotch, I don't play games but I'm amused by chalk outlines.
Icarus Iscariot	on Apr. 16 2008 there are 2 chalk outlines on my shelf, it's where i used to keep keats and blake. isn't that funny?
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on Apr. 16 2008 No wonder there was murder done, I can't imagine they'd have been happy sharing such an illustrious space. Everyone knows Blake should be kept carefully stuffed into a chimney.
Icarus Iscariot	on Apr. 16 2008 When i was a kid, a younger kid, a friend of mine left some playboy magazines at my house. i searched and searched but i wasn't satisfied with any hiding of my usual hiding places. i had a viscious mother, mind you. a sadist. so after rolling back and forth in bed for an hour, i decided to burn the magazines in the stove. there were 3 or 4 magazines all told. i opened the stove, tossed them, then closed the door. but instead of burning, the magazines extinquished the fire.
Sinnaminsun	on Apr. 16 2008 Hi Mos, your use of "big words" in your poetry doesn't turn me away at all, it draws me in. When you have written using such it has always seemed to be totally "you", very unforced and just matter of fact, "in a big-word way;"...keep writin' like how you speak and I'll keep readin':)
Catherine, Cat 452 posts	on Apr. 22 2008 Poetry that right off the bat makes me groan and want to whip off my corset and strangle the author with the laces is archaic language poetry. Thine most bulbous cheeks disguise what doth betwixt them lie- Hark! Could it verily be a sphincter? Yeah, um, that kind of crap. Next in line is the "Wow, I'm deep" poetry- these are the folks who have hot glue gunned crystals to their foreheads so their aural holes will flush out impurities- I say, hey! Keep you chakra juice in your bung hole where it belongs. Don't break out your thesaurus and find a million ways to tell me how profoundly humble you are and that your toenails smell like lavendar and your just breathing and being and letting it all goooooo. For Beelzebub's sake, go get lost in the desert and write some cacti haiku, would ya? Okay, next are the erotic poets. Yessirreee, Bob. These are the gals with endless yearning caverns (I would not admit to that personally, makes a man think of just putting his head down there and shouting his name just to hear it echo back.) and the only sympathy I feel for them is there are only so many metaphors and allusions one can use before you just start to sound preposterous: "The stallion was covered in a light layer of sweat for the afternoon was blazing. She approached the great beast, removing her riding habit, for there was no one to see her do it and climbed onto his back in a white camisole, her auburn hair falling wildly to her waist. As they moved together, the heat rose from the beast and dampened her firm thighs..." Okay so I didn't give such a great example. The worst of these were always the cunnilingus (sp?) poems on Poets.com. It was always some jarhead who was like, Yeah, I can do dat real good. I'll write a poem about it. This is gonna get all those girls sooooo....nauseous. Oh, and I hate pretentious poems, too. Like, "Conversations with Plath"-get the #%$& outta here. ...C Catherine.jpg
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	on Apr. 22 2008 Hehehe, you said 'sphincter'
Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room Associate, 3708 posts	on Apr. 23 2008 Sphincter AND Plath... you filthy girl.
Dotdotdotfrom mars 466 posts	on Apr. 24 2008 I hate poetry that sucks. I know it when I see it.
Stephan Ansteyfrom Lowell, MA Associate, 6232 posts	inspired from ShannonV on Apr. 24 2008 ShannonV: Exactly what Shannon said.
W, Emeya 132 posts	on Apr. 24 2008 Sometimes poets make me sick...
Ryan Wilbur	on Apr. 28 2008 It's never the poetry that sucks, if it sucks it's not poetry, and therefore the blame should be placed on the poet. Though sometimes the poetry in the act of sucking is actually on par with the ability of the reader/critic/other agenda. It sparkles in the light, the water of your self, so golden, so gold, now stroke! Sidenote. I think I am against, hold on I have to look the word up, Solipsism. Actually I'm not. I just like poetry. I've no real dislikes. Whether it be Irish, American, Swedish, Australian, Martian. I love it all. P.S. I sneezed all over my computer screen. There are no coincidences. Love your Elephant mixed with a strawberry spitting balloons and handkerchiefs while riding a bike with no hands because a lion ate them then took a shit in a graveyard while no one was watching because they were busy shooting their guns at lice, Ryan Barrientos Wilbur
Dotdotdotfrom mars 466 posts	on Apr. 28 2008 Solipsism pisses me off. like...i don't think being a self centered little twat should count as a philosophical outlook on life. and i sneezed whilst writing this comment too, but i'm actually pretty certain it is entirely coincidence.
Catherine, Cat 452 posts	inspired from ShannonV on Apr. 28 2008 ShannonV: Yeah, but Shan, the solipsistic, if I may be so bold as to diagnose it when I sneeze it, are better off then them Tourette's. Them poor fellas might start a-spewin' pseudo poetry just to watch themselves do it and they can't control it! Oh...wait a minute. Isn't that called compulsive masturbation? Your call.
Ryan Wilbur	on Apr. 29 2008 Antsey, I want to say what poetry makes me sick...what was the keywords again? Maya Angelou? or was it BC? Oh Shannon you know it wasn't a coincidence. It just so happened that while you sneezed I was painting a picture of planet colliding with a fruitcake. I really don't care for anything other than writing and a handful of people, which include but are not limited to, poets, painters, writers, crictics, prostitutes, nuns, watercolours and the such.... but guys I'm really making an effort to be more social, or less socially awkward, so poems that make me sick, personally, are ones that you find when you first started writing poems. Igonrance and innocence stinks of idealism. Oh and masturbation is all there is. No matter how hard you try to deny it, even if you're not performing it on your self, that just means your jerking off or diddling your precursor or major influences...no escaping it. It happens. But then again it's better to play the jester than be a suicide king...well sometimes. Quick go grab the golden bough. Ryan Barrientos Wilbur
Laura doomfrom The Divided Queendom Associate, 1336 posts	on June 10 2008 "...but guys I'm really making an effort to be more social, or less socially awkward..." I can, in all pretentiousness, relate to that... (laura feat. tellipses) There is no poetry I dislike - I either love it or hate it. Indifference can be equated with an emotional state infinitely more disturbing than that of merely hating.

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