avant garde verse
(I thought I'd have a go at this avant garde stuff I've read about on here. Let me know if I'm on the right lines)
if
this
is
a
poem
my
prick’s
a
bloater
Comments
My Collins Gem dictionary defines "poem" as...
"imaginative composition in verse", whereas the Concise Oxford Dictionary defines the word as...
"metrical composition"/"an elevated composition
in verse or prose". However, your post seems
to fall outside both of the COD definitions
these since it is neither metrical nor elevated
(if you'll pardon the use of the latter term in the context of the content).
In fact, the thing is definitely a bit fishy!
You don't need a line for a bloater - its already been caught. However, as for the piscatorial resemblance of part of your anatomy to the aforementioned object I, personally, am not in a position to comment on that as I have not been privvy to a demonstration of their parity. ( not that I'm angling for that privilege.)
I am therefore unable to confirm the poetic nature of you work.
You could, of course, create a new genre of poem defined as having only 11 syllables or a 'Shaiku' ( a short haiku)and proclaim your work a poem under this title. XX
You know what they say, John:
God bless us
And save us
For old missus Dav-us
She didn`t know kippers wuz fish.
Define poem for us then, John :)
I like stuff that makes me feel or think. Some poems manage to do that with amazing economy and unusual structure. I often prefer them to the long rambly sort that have no rythm or meaning - or to the ones stuffed with forced rhyme. I must admit to not being a fan of haiku, but can enjoy other forms of short verse - it's all to do with the thinking behind it, I think.
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winston plowes
Tue 5th Jun 2012 23:27
Bloater (A dictionary definition) - Bloaters are "salted and lightly smoked without gutting, giving a characteristic slightly gamey flavor" ?