Don Matthews

No Particular Semblance (or WTF?)

by Don Matthews

Monday 24th June 2019 8:09 am

No Particular Semblance (or WTF?)

Preamble

This is taken from someone else's quote. I have modified it, changed a few words and converted it to rhyme.

Poets write in deep mystical stylings

For reasons, many of which are bad

To cover they really have no idea

What they're writing, but want to look post-grad

To appear to be all depth, all-feeling

They pretend to have some semblance of literary

Gravitas for their brain dumps of top words

Which fall out their heads arbitrarily

With no particular semblance of order....

(Most poems need to be titled 'WTF?')

Don Matthews June 2019

◄ Whinging Poms All Sent Home

Fire and Brimstone ►

Comments

M.C. Newberry

Mon 24th Jun 2019 15:22

You mischievous man, you!

Don Matthews

Mon 24th Jun 2019 14:24

Good golly gosh
I didn't know my bit
Would cause such a storm
A storm when it hit

So many comments
I've never had this
Readership plus
I'm in land of bliss

Come all doomy-gloomers
Prose, rhymers and all
Those for or against me
Let's cheer, have a ball ?

Called a 'site-brightener' Graham, Wolfgar...

Graham Sherwood

Mon 24th Jun 2019 13:38

The weather here (in wonderful Milton Keynes) this morning is very warm, humid and a little oppressive and you just know something is about to break, usually a storm (often in a teacup) and then things go back to normal.

WOL can be a little like the weather, some like it hot, others do not. The one saving grace that WOL has above the weather is that you can turn it off/ choose not to enjoy it, only read the bits you like/ or stay indoors out of the rain.

Having read all the comments, you all appear to agreeing with one another (rights to express etc) so I'm surprised there is so much comment on this piece of work, but hey! it's your site too.

One thing I did think of was that this type of dialogue would have been better suited to the often underused Discussion section.

So let's celebrate the doom and gloomers, the avant-garders, the rhymers, the introverts, the extraverts et al without calling each other out. Be nice, we still need to be on speaking terms after the storm!

Don Matthews

Mon 24th Jun 2019 11:33

Hi Jon. To me the site is a platform for putting ideas up - then waiting for comments. They may agree or disagree with you. I would rather hear disagreements than nothing at all

Jon Stainsby

Mon 24th Jun 2019 11:05

Hi Don, I am with David on this one.

Don Matthews

Mon 24th Jun 2019 10:08

Well it's bringing the commenters out of the woodwork Brian FFS......

Don Matthews

Mon 24th Jun 2019 10:06

As already said this was not directed at any particular writer(s) on WOL. but a general view I have on some poems in general. A personal opinion, which as you say I have a right to express. You say it's OK for others to write doom and gloom and any other style they want without belittlement. Why can't I therefore write this sort of 'doomy-gloomy' type also?

Freedom of expression within the guidelines. No finger pointed at any WOLer. A general, personal view.

<Deleted User> (18980)

Mon 24th Jun 2019 10:00

Personally I think WTF, FFS and other shortforms are quite acceptable in the right context, and can be used to good effect. For example :

WTF are you banging on about FFS Don?

Don Matthews

Mon 24th Jun 2019 09:46

You tried on the public stage. Respect for that.

Don Matthews

Mon 24th Jun 2019 09:38

It's nice to hear you have been reading my work. It was not directed at anyone, despite you doubting otherwise. If anyone on the site chooses to think it is directed at them that's their choice. It was not.

It's just happens to be my observation and opinion of some poems in general, not necessarily on WOL, which as you say, I have a right to express. Directed at no-one. Just a general observation and opinion.

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