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Posted by astroboy on Jun-01-2009 07:21:

Here is a quote from Stephen Fry that pretty much expresses why I think the above poem and the majority of the "free-form meandering" of modern poetry are nothing more than "emotional masturbation":

quote:
cigaretted and drinked
loaded against yourself
you seem so yes bold
irreducible
but nuded and afterloved
you are not so strong
are you
after all

...'The above is precisely the kind of worthless arse-dribble I am forced to read whenever I agree to judge a poetry competition. It took me under a minute and a half to write, and while I dare say you can see what utter wank it is, there are many who would accept it as poetry ...

'Like so much of what passes for poetry today it is also listless, utterly drained of energy and drive - a common problem with much contemporary art, but an especial problem with poetry that chooses to close itself off from all metrical pattern and form. It is like music without beat or shape or harmony: not music at all, in fact.'

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