tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post9060921839976625800..comments2023-07-14T06:39:47.524-07:00Comments on Famous Poetry of The Day: Bereft by Robert FrostPoetry of the Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11198064593715494884noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-24711924107743546242011-11-09T00:09:44.179-08:002011-11-09T00:09:44.179-08:00JEDI SWIFT ~
Yeah, I hear ya, but I can't quit...JEDI SWIFT ~<br />Yeah, I hear ya, but I can't quite go along with you on that. To me, "poetry" is a higher, more demanding literary form than are song lyrics. <br /><br />For one thing, most song lyrics are loaded with "near rhymes", which don't bother me at all in songs, but which make me cringe when I see them in the purely written form and being presented as "poetry". (An exception being the aforementioned "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)", but that's because those words are otherwise so stunningly put together.)<br /><br />I'm not saying that NO lyrics are poetry. Some surely are, but they are rare exceptions. I mean, like for instance, Foreigner's "Dirty White Boy". Surely you wouldn't call that "poetry", would you? <br /><br />Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" is beautiful, abstract, and creative as all get-out, but how many song lyrics match that level of imagery and artistry?<br /><br />I think the greatest lyricist who ever lived was probably the pre-1983 Tom Waits, and yet, off the top of my head, I can't think of anything other than perhaps "San Diego Serenade" that I might call legitimate "poetry".<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-38207802030535568612011-11-08T14:30:59.143-08:002011-11-08T14:30:59.143-08:00amazing, elegant piece.amazing, elegant piece.Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532576755186051550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-37183252369331603472011-11-08T13:52:20.823-08:002011-11-08T13:52:20.823-08:00I like this one, very inspiringI like this one, very inspiringGizmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564294227362133792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-21891575676637582462011-11-08T13:23:00.137-08:002011-11-08T13:23:00.137-08:00I love him! His poems are so good!I love him! His poems are so good!phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246057389329283466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-33798325575109562822011-11-08T11:00:15.831-08:002011-11-08T11:00:15.831-08:00Sounds so sad, but it is written so beautiful! A g...Sounds so sad, but it is written so beautiful! A great author!The Mad Twinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624788411060277723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-60330555618348791582011-11-08T07:24:07.300-08:002011-11-08T07:24:07.300-08:00Robert Frost, a writer I have not visited in so lo...Robert Frost, a writer I have not visited in so long...not since high school when we took British Literature!Bravoe Runwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10742697015152576035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-46850749015678747002011-11-08T05:42:02.868-08:002011-11-08T05:42:02.868-08:00First time I read Robert Frosts work.First time I read Robert Frosts work.Berserculeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980762819283689198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-1949782060084313842011-11-08T05:35:18.585-08:002011-11-08T05:35:18.585-08:00@Stephen T. McCarthy i beg to differ, i believe a...@Stephen T. McCarthy i beg to differ, i believe all lyrics are poetry. They just have musical boost.Someonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397953670088381932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-22283170995606161032011-11-08T02:55:05.811-08:002011-11-08T02:55:05.811-08:00Nice poem^^Nice poem^^JDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05624244051365178343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-86678389785430310632011-11-08T02:26:01.433-08:002011-11-08T02:26:01.433-08:00nice. :)nice. :)Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304596718908705463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-22803418986435710062011-11-08T01:29:39.318-08:002011-11-08T01:29:39.318-08:00Not as good a poem as The Road Not Taken, but stil...Not as good a poem as The Road Not Taken, but still a great one when compared to a lot of others!JOutlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01056003122212231725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-24195603704470290422011-11-07T23:14:43.319-08:002011-11-07T23:14:43.319-08:00Nice poem it is. :)Nice poem it is. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-49338754140328907352011-11-07T22:59:47.463-08:002011-11-07T22:59:47.463-08:00Great poem.Great poem.Our Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11871631563187531878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-69118558773838932392011-11-07T19:30:02.551-08:002011-11-07T19:30:02.551-08:00Not sure how you found my blog. Through Matt's...Not sure how you found my blog. Through Matt's blog, or... being in Hot 'Lanta, you knew (worked for?) my friend Lonnie Millsap? Not important either way.<br /><br />I used to write poetry. And not all of it was terrible. Some of it was merely very bad.<br /><br />But I got one for ya . . .<br /><br />Now I'm sure we both agree that very few song lyrics are really "poetry", right?<br /><br />Well, there are a couple of exceptions that immediately come into my mind:<br /><br />Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" is definitely poetry of a high order.<br /><br />But that's not the one I wish to call your attention to.<br /><br />When you have the time, please do this:<br /><br />Google the lyrics to the Bob Dylan song "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)", then take a pen or pencil and a piece of paper (like that alliteration?) and write out the rhyming pattern of that song.<br /><br />And... pay attention to the last word(s) that conclude each verse - the ones that don't rhyme with anything else in that verse - and notice how they rhyme with the concluding word(s) in the former/next verse.<br /><br />True, there are some "near rhymes" in there, but even so, if that's not the most amazing rhyming scheme you've ever seen, I'd really like to know what is.<br /><br /><i>[Incidentally, "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" comes from Dylan's album "Bringing It All Back Home", and as I've said repeatedly on my blog, listening over and over again to that album when I was in my late teens/early twenties is what taught me how to think creatively and how to play with words. "Bringing It All Back Home" is the BEST writing course I ever took!]</i><br /><br />Thanks for visiting and commenting on my blog!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-57836285961379340982011-11-07T19:12:27.336-08:002011-11-07T19:12:27.336-08:00I haven't read Frost in years. But even so, I ...I haven't read Frost in years. But even so, I only remember a handful of the poems we read by him.DWeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052727489537771147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-24427784104293952952011-11-07T15:58:54.420-08:002011-11-07T15:58:54.420-08:00EncoureEncoureDwrekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955434334063282138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-53368899305734208372011-11-07T15:46:35.321-08:002011-11-07T15:46:35.321-08:00I absolutely love Robert Frost and I absolutely lo...I absolutely love Robert Frost and I absolutely love this poem. Great blog in general, poems are my thing so I'm definitely following. <br /><br />It would be pretty cool if you'd go back a few days to one of my blogs and tell me what you think of a poem/song lyrics I wrote and posted a few days ago since you seem to have a deep knowledge of poems but don't worry if you can't! Great blog regardless.Outcasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400755239612162157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-5119345440748427572011-11-07T14:57:12.487-08:002011-11-07T14:57:12.487-08:00Sad.Sad.Heaven.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16482844063270026019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-54135893196893270512011-11-07T11:59:14.168-08:002011-11-07T11:59:14.168-08:00Nice poem!:)Nice poem!:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231398384295087075.post-76881597812825547512011-11-07T10:09:26.540-08:002011-11-07T10:09:26.540-08:00Frost is always so eloquent <3Frost is always so eloquent <3Sub Radar (Mike)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15558160466204000617noreply@blogger.com