> I read a bad poem, I feel like the author really wanted to write an essay.
I think this is key, poems that are trying to make me feel something ... whether a single emotion (simple or complex) or, ambitiously, experience the gestalt of being in love for decades or standing in a dark, quiet forest ... tend to resonate.
Trying to change the mind of reader via reason ... meh.
I think this is key, poems that are trying to make me feel something ... whether a single emotion (simple or complex) or, ambitiously, experience the gestalt of being in love for decades or standing in a dark, quiet forest ... tend to resonate.
Trying to change the mind of reader via reason ... meh.