When did this turn into...

[Bob the Mediocre]

I maintain my stance that prose is not a lesser form of expression than poetry.  I'll also add that I think poetry is easier to abuse than prose.

I can agree with that. I do like some poety, though.
Somebody e-mailed this to me. Synchronysity, eh?
musophobist
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[Brit. myoo-ZOH-fuh-bist; US myoo-ZAH-fuh-bist] a person who regards poetry with suspicious dislike. From Greek words meaning 'muse' and 'fear'. This word was used (and probably coined) by the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), who quite possibly inspired more than a few musophobes.

[LMNO]

gnimbley!  I fuckin love your battle-ready avatar!


Oh, and chuck-a-commie-turd, You said something about poets being musicians who can't write a song.... Fuck, man, most song lyrics are, in general, some of the most inane shit set to words... they simply do not usually hold up when separated from the music.  

Oh, a coupla good poets:  TS Eliot, and Ezra Pound.

[East Coast Hustle]

gnimbley!  I fuckin love your battle-ready avatar!


Oh, and chuck-a-commie-turd, You said something about poets being musicians who can't write a song.... Fuck, man, most song lyrics are, in general, some of the most inane shit set to words... they simply do not usually hold up when separated from the music.  

Oh, a coupla good poets:  TS Eliot, and Ezra Pound.

yeah, that was kinda my point...if you're gonna write crappy poetry, at least put it to some decent music, so that it won't suck quite as bad...I mean, I fucking LOVE Obituary...but their lyrics are complete and total shit...wouldn't stand for a second on their own...but add some frenetic double-bass drumwork and a lightspeed chunk-ass guitar riff, and bingo, no one cares that the words suck anymore...

[fluffy]

gnomes are full of shit
gnimbley just goes on and on with those sappy poems of his
sometimes i wish he would just shut up
i prefer stories
and i think i am going to post another one tonight

[LMNO]

And a lovely story it was, too.

Thank you, Fluffy.