I have a friend who writes "poems" all the time, but instead of having rhymes and alliterations and other things that are found in normal poetry, her poems are more like sentences, or random fragments jotted down quickly. I don't think that that is poetry. So what I want to know is, is that considered poetry?
2007-03-11 10:23:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I write poetry like that. I write best when i'm very emotional. It's usually not rhyming, and some of it doesn't always make sense. but it's how i express myself. I once showed it to my sister, but she didn't get it and just crinkled her nose at it. I don't show people my poetry any more. Be supportive of your friend's poetry, it's just "freestyle" a very common type of poetry today.
2007-03-11 11:06:11 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it can be considered poetry.
Many of us are brought up to believe a poem must rhymes sentences. Those are "actually" rhymes. funny huh?
Poetry styles can vary tremendously and is always up to the reader to interpret.
It's great your friend writes them down. It's his/her creative side and perhaps an outlet - a form of writing poetry from which many poems have been derived for hundreds of years.
Keep an open mind and when you read your friends poetry - think a little deeper and use interpretation of your own to see how you feel about it.
By the way - everyone is different and not ever one can understand poetry, I am very creative but I am not analytical and that would limit me in things that other do very well in.
Keep an open mind.. :)
2007-03-11 10:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by Sadi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is called 'free' poetry in which the composer makes free associations without the 'obstacles' of rhyme or metre. Good 'free' poetry is rich in imagery and metaphor. Still, the poem is in the eye of the beholder, er...reader.
2007-03-19 04:17:41 · answer #3 · answered by John M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you seem to be describing is free verse which is mentioned in one of the answers, this was sometimes used in some WW1 poems of British poets/soldiers of WW1. It can also be described as 'stream of conciousness' which is writing down what comes into to your mind and putting straight onto paper.
It may not be peotry, but its creative.
2007-03-19 10:25:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a free verse... a poem doesn't always have to rhyme, or have any type of literary device... its all what you express through them.. and the message its trying to get out... soo yes it's still considered poetry.
2007-03-11 10:33:09 · answer #5 · answered by xX_0o_Xx 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
can you just take a moment and imagine a place you can go where no one is around the wind is breezing not too gusty but not as faint,the sun is setting on the small lake infront of you.birds are cherping while fish are spauning,buy this time your thinking yeah life is good .then the next thing you hear is,wake up your going to be late....
2007-03-11 10:43:38 · answer #6 · answered by game boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poems dont have to rhyme. sure i mean they could be poems. i'd know if you gave me an example. but i write poems all the time. and even though they dont rhyme, people still think they rock. its like writing an un ryhming song you know?
2007-03-17 14:59:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Techinally no. Even free verse poetry has to have some kind of meter and flow to it.
2007-03-11 13:37:35 · answer #8 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
almost anything could be poetry - freestyle poetry is like art sometimes.
2007-03-11 10:33:30 · answer #9 · answered by wax 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She could be doing freestyle poetry.
When its freestyle, you dont really follow the rules of hoe to write apoem.
2007-03-11 10:31:17 · answer #10 · answered by Nu P 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋