monkeyman's profile

My name is Keith and I am very passionate about literature. I like to write poetry, short stores and novellas, however my main interest lies primarily with poetry at the moment. I am interested in poetry that actually says something and that actually asks questions of the reader, not the stuff that says “this is me and this is how it is” I find that that kind of over personalized drama alienates the reader from finding their own interpretation of your work. I also like the use of rhythm, rhyme and beats within poetry, and how structure can be used effectively to reflect emotion.

I am not a big fan of when people say “oh I hate rhyming poetry, its just childish and unsophisticated”. To me it really doesn’t matter how you present your …

My name is Keith and I am very passionate about literature. I like to write poetry, short stores and novellas, however my main interest lies primarily with poetry at the moment. I am interested in poetry that actually says something and that actually asks questions of the reader, not the stuff that says “this is me and this is how it is” I find that that kind of over personalized drama alienates the reader from finding their own interpretation of your work. I also like the use of rhythm, rhyme and beats within poetry, and how structure can be used effectively to reflect emotion.

I am not a big fan of when people say “oh I hate rhyming poetry, its just childish and unsophisticated”. To me it really doesn’t matter how you present your work as long as it successfully conveys both the physical and emotional content of your endeavor. Additionally, I believe that rhyme can be an effective and sophisticated form of poetry when used well, as it forces the writer to consciously think about structure, which I feel is very important, structurless poetry is just rambling and directionless emotion in opinion, and not poetry at all.