I can't stand poetry
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I can't stand poetry
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For completeness: There is a third category of poetry to which I am indifferent.
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Poetry is subjective,like music.I like the poetry of Thomas Hardy but of course according to some he is not a poet.I like Emily Bronte but other renowned poets go way over my head such as Ginsberg while I love the Kerouac novels,Laurie Lee,Dorothy Wordsworth.
My rule is this.If you don't like it don't read it no matter what others say.We are all different.
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I spoke too soon, that's how a cognitive bias is developed.
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Then, I guess you like (some) poetry.Chili wrote:I think of myself as not liking poetry, but there are plenty of music lyrics I like.
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Amen, brother! *__-Maxcady10001 wrote: ↑November 7th, 2017, 5:55 pm It doesn't matter how much of it I read, I just don't get any enjoyment out of reading poetry.
Once upon a time, I did enjoy the likes of Gibran and Kipling, etc...
But now I have no use for the trifling frippery of frantic neurotics.
Oddly enough, I do poet now and again, but I want to slap myself afterward...
And I never remember it.
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I dislike poetry and fiction; I can only read non-fiction. Any fiction must be a movie or a video game but that is infrequent.Maxcady10001 wrote: ↑November 7th, 2017, 5:55 pm It doesn't matter how much of it I read, I just don't get any enjoyment out of reading poetry. I do, however, enjoy reading novels and some non-fiction. I've never heard anyone else say this, is this very unusual?
I understand that poetry is a different method of communication and attempts to communicate the ineffable. No problem with that. I just don't like how emo it feels.
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