“The Critique Corner”
"Poetry is a matter of taste but some poems are just plain bad."
I saw this video a few weeks back and thought it a perfect one to share in the Critique Corner this week. I believe everyone in life needs to be willing to make fun of themselves every once in and a while don't you agree? I thought a change of pace in this series would be nice so I offer us a bad poetry day of our own. For this weeks critique corner share with us a your worst poem or better yet write one down really fast after reading this and post it, be sure to use as many cliches as possible. If you don't have a bad poem of your own to share or are just a little shy link to a classic poem that you just cannot understand why people like it.
Please remember this week we know all the poems will be bad so you have to be willing to laugh a bit at yourself when you post your own. I have some poetry I look back and and wonder what in the heck was I thinking. The reason we are all here is to get a little better so by posting your worst its only up from there right?
I hope you have fun with this and I cant wait to read some wonderfully bad poetry. Oh and on a side note for all you amazingly talented folks....just fake it and write a bad one for exercise sake lol.
(I may use this as a contest over at Poets United depending on how well received it is here.)
18 comments:
Oh this is a grand idea, Robb.. I'm off to dig through my archives. I'm so ashamed of some of my bad poetry and did a sweep of my blog a few months ago and un-published the worst of my beginner's stuff.. Back in a mo.
Have at it!!
This is quite humbling. Some of my old stuff is horrendous, but here goes...
hah! hah hah! hah!
I delete my stuff on a regular basis so this was loosely based off an absolutely appalling attempt earlier this year!
I did a post for Bad Poetry Day in August. I've posted my poem that I wrote then for you here. It's abysmal! I've included every cliche and bad metaphor I could think of as well as misspellings. Enjoy!
haha:) this video is ruthless and hysterical. it's true, though. thanks for the reminder.
good lord the poem I put up is awful - what's quite funny is that a few of you have already commented on it when it was in circulation before (before quickly being shoved in the "I can't see you = I didn't write you" box haha - in fairness I was going for a list theme - and it was prompted I believe - but still - awful! ha great idea for a blog lol
Linking up my attempt at heroic couplets, as the rhyme scheme nearly always sets off my "bad poetry" alert...sigh.
OT it would seem your poem is still on a 'you can't see me' page.. Not even blogger will show it to us lol.
I'm about to re-christen myself Jinksy-McGonagall, I think. If he can be famous, why not I? LOL
echoing kerry... OT, unveil your worst!!! the masses demand it!
You mean . . you mean . . . we have to TRY to write bad poetry? Come on . . . .
At last, something I can do . . .
I just read Janice's bad-poetry submission at Jabblog and really want to try one of my own. I'm sure we all know people who don't read, can't spell, and think they are poets. I know I sure do, but I'm not going to steal one of those. I'm going to write one of my own, after another cup of coffee.
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Okay, posted it. My husband laughed.
Thanks, Robert. This was great fun.
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Entry made in error at No.14, Roger. Can you possibly remove it? It links back to my own blog. I was explaining use of LinkyLists to a colleague. Apologies
15. (I was trying to think if there is such a thing as a bad limerick.)
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