/h/lit House Vampire
@JoyceCarolOates's profile picture @JoyceCarolOates's hat
JoyceCarolOates joyce/carol carp woz ere again  1yr ago (image post) 818 thread views #166334

This is an actual poem from the current issue of The Paris Review :marseysnoo:

Unable to load image

https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7974/john-wick-is-so-tired-kyra-wilder

72
New Old Top Bottom Controversial Random
Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

View entire discussion

Can someone unironically explain why everyone ITT think this sucks? It's not great, but it's definitely better than I can do.

>t. Litlet

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Few points:

>no consistent meter

>no rhyming scheme

>written by a w*men :marseypuke:

but it's definitely better than I can do.

Memes aside, do you honestly think this requires any skill to write?

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

It's not not a poem just because it doesn't rhyme you complete hick

Does Paradise Lost rhyme? Bruh.

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

I didn't say it's not poetry, I said it sucked

Does Paradise Lost suck?

Neighbor, try giving it a read sometime and you tell me.

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

I don't rate it either lol

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

>no consistent meter or rhyming scheme

What are you, a 19th century highschool English teacher? 90% of poetry written in the last century has uneven meter and verse.

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

90% of poetry written in the last century sucks

Correct

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Link copied to clipboard
Action successful!
Error, please refresh the page and try again.