tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post6649689389434855832..comments2023-10-09T12:06:17.459+01:00Comments on Emerging Writer: Subjects to AvoidEmerging Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-21525128708112185232010-08-02T19:17:57.791+01:002010-08-02T19:17:57.791+01:00I think that if a poem about a painting is done ve...I think that if a poem about a painting is done very well, with your own unique slant on the subject, and you don't need to have seen the painting to appreciate the sentiment, that's fine.Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-52310159637204391432010-08-02T04:25:09.217+01:002010-08-02T04:25:09.217+01:00What is your opinion of writing a poem or story th...What is your opinion of writing a poem or story that tells the tale behind a painting (real or imagined)? I think discounting a painting as inspiration is too broad.<br /><br />Regardless of the items listed, thinking about how one's writing is unique (or not) in the marketplace can't hurt.Jeff & Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331921781299681037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-47090522229458618362010-07-30T13:32:51.185+01:002010-07-30T13:32:51.185+01:00i'm not quite Walt Whitman, i don't contai...i'm not quite Walt Whitman, i don't contain multitudes, i only contain three vituperative contrarians.<br /><br />"if they give you lined paper write the other way."Ossianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095236313068093836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-16005878280300467492010-07-29T23:39:18.192+01:002010-07-29T23:39:18.192+01:00jeez ossian, you're the one who has to read th...jeez ossian, you're the one who has to read through 170 different versions of the same story, no?Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-54751416585844115192010-07-29T11:31:01.293+01:002010-07-29T11:31:01.293+01:00pontification is an early sign of terminal pomposi...pontification is an early sign of terminal pomposity. avoid tendentious lists of what to avoid.Ossianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095236313068093836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-18473949168188645792010-07-27T23:22:48.254+01:002010-07-27T23:22:48.254+01:00Look at it from the point of view of a magazine ed...Look at it from the point of view of a magazine editor or competition judge. The 45th poem about the death of a pet dog from your childhood. If it's by steam train or steam roller or steampunk, it would have to be a pretty fantastic poem (such as penned by the fantastic Mr Farry) to stand out amoungst the other 44. That's the pointEmerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-66436796088363320002010-07-27T20:00:29.917+01:002010-07-27T20:00:29.917+01:00Of course a steam train. I wasn't born yesterd...Of course a steam train. I wasn't born yesterday you know. That poem was called What is a Poem?Michael Farryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166338392128797311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-70494177455787177672010-07-27T15:20:19.083+01:002010-07-27T15:20:19.083+01:00And surely you can write a poem on "feelings ...And surely you can write a poem on "feelings of spirituality triggered by views of the sea" . . . as long as it can stand up with "On Dover Beach" or the very little known, sad, touching <a href="http://thedocspoems.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-cannot-find-following-poem-on.html" rel="nofollow"> "A Time For Sea"</a>Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-10794045185677081822010-07-27T15:13:05.573+01:002010-07-27T15:13:05.573+01:00Ignore this post! You can write your poem or sto...Ignore this post! You can write your poem or story about ANYTHING. But . . . particularly with poetry . . if you write in such a way that you emerge as a self-pitying, self-regarding psychobabbler, you really shouldn't be writing on any subject at all (except as personal therapy) . . . and it's a good idea to actually know some poetry before you start. Yonks ago, in the 70's, I taught a writing class where nobody could quote 4 consecutive lines of poetry (other than their own) written in the 20th century.Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-22359189979274392012010-07-26T22:32:22.424+01:002010-07-26T22:32:22.424+01:00I admit, I don't know whether to take you seri...I admit, I don't know whether to take you seriously Michael..a steam train?Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-87614183015115431032010-07-26T22:28:56.503+01:002010-07-26T22:28:56.503+01:00I have a poem which refers to a cat of mine being ...I have a poem which refers to a cat of mine being killed under the wheels of a steam train when I was little. It won a second prize somewhere.Michael Farryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166338392128797311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-48853695195524841372010-07-26T17:46:04.084+01:002010-07-26T17:46:04.084+01:00there's always exceptions to the rule but you&...there's always exceptions to the rule but you'd have to have a pretty fantastic poem about a dying puppy in your childhood if you want it accepted.Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-78226993307614121832010-07-26T16:23:26.177+01:002010-07-26T16:23:26.177+01:00Heh, those are good lists. Slightly painful to rea...Heh, those are good lists. Slightly painful to read as I'm sure I've done several of those! I'm sure, though, that there's always scope for tackling any of those in some new and interesting way.Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-11645161173023120402010-07-26T15:50:00.581+01:002010-07-26T15:50:00.581+01:00I think I'd take these lists with a pinch of s...I think I'd take these lists with a pinch of salt. There are original angles into even the most tired plot/subject and writers are constantly finding them. And just as novels feed off a limited number of plot structures, I think we always write around the same things.<br />For instance, the nature poem today is more environmental or semi-urban, or suburban or whatever to adapt to where we are now but it is still a version of the pastoral nature poem of the C18th century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-5123708262028365632010-07-26T13:27:47.019+01:002010-07-26T13:27:47.019+01:00Ah. Number four on the Staple Magazine poetry lis...Ah. Number four on the Staple Magazine poetry list has just annihilated my back catalogue.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.com