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Anonymous Thu Oct 15 23:32:42 2015 No.7240747 [Reply] [Original]

How do I not sound like a pretentious fag when writing poetry?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 15 23:33:42 2015 No.7240755 2late

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 00:06:22 2015 No.7240901 say things that you actually mean read what youve written with a critical eye dont say things that you dont mean

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 00:08:05 2015 No.7240907 stop writing poetry, become a pick up artist and enjoy life

eng_maj_crwr Fri Oct 16 00:08:55 2015 No.7240912

>>7240747

i've found that taking a moment in reality, and slowing it down to its most basic parts creates pretty great poetry.

also, everything you do, from punctuation to rhyme/no rhyme/syntax, is your personal choice.

that's why really good poetry is op

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 00:27:58 2015 No.7240994 Poetry is half word, half execution. More harrowing than the screeching wail is the message in a bottle.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 02:22:56 2015 No.7241195 >>7240747 I have no idea. Even prose is starting to sound affected to me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 02:32:38 2015 No.7241213 Poetry dies a death on the page unless it is written to be read aloud. If it sounds too pretentious when spoken, tone down the language. Take "Four Quartets". It looks pretentious as all hell, but when spoken it takes on a new life. A beautiful life.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 02:39:46 2015 No.7241226 >>7240907 >>>/out/

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 02:59:55 2015 No.7241270

>>7240747
Don't write free verse.
Create a meaningful story with it, use rhythm and rhyme.
In modern poetry, people often forget that you have to be good at writing to write good poetry. So practice makes perfect, friend. I'm sure you'll write good poetry.

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 03:15:45 2015 No.7241291

Stop being a fucking pansy and have confidence in yourself and what you mean to say, if there's no meaning or depth - whether emotional or analytical - why the fuck are you saying it?

If you write for those things and by those things you derive meaning from, and not to appear intelligent then it can't be pretentious.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 03:20:22 2015 No.7241299 >>7241291 >it can't be pretentious Anything can seem pretentious to someone who isn't open to understanding it. There is a lot of uncreative cynicism out there.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 03:21:06 2015 No.7241301 Step 1: Remove dick from mouth

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 03:23:22 2015 No.7241306 >>7241299 sure it might appear so, whether it is is dependent on the author. We can only really address how to fix innate pretentiousness, I doubt there's ever been a well read work not labelled as pretentious by some person or another.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 03:33:25 2015 No.7241324 Don't write poetry. Write prose. Poetry is a dead form anyway.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 03:35:42 2015 No.7241327 File: 86 KB, 896x854, Displeased.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7241324 triggered

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 03:58:17 2015 No.7241371 >>7241327 >shitty metrical poery >ever relevant

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