General How Come by sophie 10/1/2012 written by sophie 10/1/2012 When everyone gets here, they’re suddenly closet poets? 6 comments 0 Email Related posts when your abuser gives you a pep talk 5/16/2024 How About Something Cute? 5/16/2024 hi i guess 5/15/2024 lack of meaning and unhealthy responses 5/15/2024 Can Robots Trust Humans? 5/14/2024 would it be okay 5/14/2024 My own worst enemy 5/13/2024 Trapped 5/13/2024 5/12/2024 Wouldn’t It Be Nice 5/11/2024 6 comments muspelhem 10/1/2012 - 3:11 pm It’s a cultural stereotype. Poets are troubled souls, therefore troubled souls must be poets. Plus people generally respond favourably on here. Log in to Reply sophie 10/1/2012 - 3:12 pm i kinda figured that. i had that phase too till i realized that nothing i wrote made sense. maybe 100+ posts of nonsense Log in to Reply muspelhem 10/1/2012 - 3:25 pm Nonsense is the best poetry imo. Log in to Reply ratkity 10/1/2012 - 3:35 pm Sometimes poetry can skip logic and give the writer a freedom to say or write something too difficult to explain without back story. Just MHO, of course. Log in to Reply Duke of Marmalade 10/1/2012 - 4:18 pm @ ratkity This is what Lucy4 had to say about poetry: “Some of my deepest thoughts come to me whilst seated on the throne. (Dropping a deuce). I wonder if that’s where Shakespeare got his inspiration?” They paint these walls to stop my pen. But the shithouse poem strikes again. ^(I read that once in a toilet stall). Log in to Reply Duke of Marmalade 10/1/2012 - 4:19 pm Poet* Log in to Reply Leave a Comment Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.Subscribe to comments: Don't subscribe All new comments Replies to my comments Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting.
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It’s a cultural stereotype. Poets are troubled souls, therefore troubled souls must be poets.
Plus people generally respond favourably on here.
i kinda figured that. i had that phase too till i realized that nothing i wrote made sense. maybe 100+ posts of nonsense
Nonsense is the best poetry imo.
Sometimes poetry can skip logic and give the writer a freedom to say or write something too difficult to explain without back story. Just MHO, of course.
@ ratkity
This is what Lucy4 had to say about poetry:
“Some of my deepest thoughts come to me whilst seated on the throne. (Dropping a deuce). I wonder if that’s where Shakespeare got his inspiration?”
They paint these walls
to stop my pen.
But the shithouse poem
strikes again.
^(I read that once in a toilet stall).
Poet*