some, a lot of it i like because it's a synopses of how the poet sees where poetry has taken itself to, a little nit i'm not keen on as it detracts from the good parts. in truth it's just the first line. it looks like you used it to help date the poem or to place you at a particular time within poetry. what it actually does is make me think less of the poetry styles and and more of you. the title took that cliche phrase and with a slight twist worked well in describing the poem, it also works as the terminal after the hook on the last line. for me this is one the best poems i've read of yours dale.
thanks for read.
oh... i think it a bit ( just a little) for the short form area.
thanks for read.
(07-31-2014, 09:20 AM)Erthona Wrote: Dead Poetry Society
When I was young i'm not sure this is that relevant as we know when the beats were about.
the Beats had just died, for me this is a brilliant opening line.it dates the poem and gives the indication of what the poem will be about. it's also a solid image on more than one level
modernism was no
longer running by our side.
Posthaste, post modernism,
a literary communism,
where all are of the same height
—a poetic blight—
then poetry howled and died. the last three lines specially the last work so well at taking us (admittedly without much image ) to the now of poetry in the authors mind. with a very small edit i think this is a publishable poem. short but almost excellent.
–Erthona
©2014
oh... i think it a bit ( just a little) for the short form area.