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Entry: Haha!! - A59181456
Author: Riodeplata - U1149065

My latest piece ...

I always read your poems several times, at least once aloud. I am left with the feeing that you are describing an intense emotional conlict, which I can't quite grasp.

It might be me but I still maintain that the best way to convey emotion is to choose a simple but powerful image, describe it and let the audience draw its own conclusions.

I think this is a different kind of poetic approach - and one that is not bad in itself.

he problem for me is that there are too many ideas at one time, and I am too slow to follow them.

I love the first line of this one, about laughter in the hall.

It would be so good if you could take only one idea at a time, and find a way to get us to see it.

There's a really important idea in there.

Does the English language differentiate between Poesie and Lyrik, dmitri?

because if it does, I'd certainly say this is Lyrik - and good one at that. I'm with you, though, too many ideas in too little space.

You're right, Bel - though in English, people kostly diifferentiate between what they call a 'poem' and 'verse'. Which is more a question of the seriousness of the subject.

I would really love to see this one worked out more, with a sharper focus. Riodeplata has such interesting ideas here - that laughter is echoing for me, and I'd love to follow the sound down that hall somewhere.

I understand where you are coming from, and I'll try to re-formulate this poem to keep it focused onto one idea , or maybe extend it to take as much as possible in .. will work on it and show you the results . Thank you guys ..

Can't wait.

What's the difference between Poesie and Lyrik, B'Elana?

The more I know about poetry the more confused I get.

It's hard to explain. Here's an attempt which you might find useful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_poetry

Thank you!

I know about sonnets and villanelles etc. I thought you'd come up with something I hadn't heard about.

The problem is that modern poetry has thrown out many of the rules. I tend to think it's like a big garden full of flowers - some red, some blue. You can say 'I like the blue ones better than the red ones' but one isn't objectively better than another.