2007-01-28 [Linderel]: We don't have poetry as an extensive subject in school - well, perhaps in university, of which I'm not sure - so I probably know even less. Bah.

2007-01-28 [Daemon SaDiablo]: I know my school took three months to cover different mechanisms of poetry in a few of my different years. I pretty much brushed it off. I just figured, if I could write, and my teacher liked it, or others did. What did it really matter if it rhymed, followed some sort of meter, or any other sort of poetic device.

I don't want to sound arrogant, I just didn't see the point of putting so many different restrictions down on something thats supposed to be an artform. Unless its something specific like a Haiku layout, or rhyme. Something like that.

2007-01-28 [Linderel]: I would like to know, though, just for the sake of knowing. Maybe so I could go, upon reading a formatted poem, 'Aha! This is a <insert form>!' and be able to appreciate it for what it is. I'll take off my hat to anyone who can make rhymes sound natural.
And now that I have a bit of confidence in myself, I enjoy taking the time to try out metres and forms. It's fun.

2007-01-28 [Daemon SaDiablo]: I'm just more into art, for arts sake. But I see where your coming from, and can agree to an extent. I'll eventually try and bind myself to form and metres, but it won't be for awhile. Still to set into my rebeliosly free stage of life. -chuckles dryly-

2007-01-28 [Fireblade K'Chona]: I used to hate sonnets with every fiber of my being, but now I absolutely adore them. There's a kind of freedom in the structure of them, if that makes any sense whatsoever.

I know a lot about rhymes and meters, though.

2007-01-28 [GoneGone]: I see certain poetic restrictions as wonderful challenge, see if I can do it. If I'm in the mood to write poetry, whatever comes out, that's it. But sometimes as a challenge I like to try out different things. They expect me to write it like that? Let's see if I can outdo their expectations.

Doesn't always work though.....

In grade twelve I took a "Creative Writing" course. It was not too bad, but the teacher was the son of British coloniolists and was rasied in South Africa. His ideas of good literature revolved around Conrad Black, William Golding and George Orwell......

2007-01-28 [GoneGone]: Oh! I want to be the crazy science teacher that has unusual bouts of surprisingly rational wisdom for her students.

2007-01-28 [Fireblade K'Chona]: The teacher I had for that at my school was asked to leave and is now gone. -sigh- He shall be missed.

2007-01-28 [GoneGone]: Asked to leave? Why?

2007-01-29 [Fireblade K'Chona]: I have no idea. He was awesome.

2007-01-30 [GoneGone]: Pity....

2007-01-30 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Yes, it is.

2007-02-21 [Linderel]: Still alive? *prods*

2007-02-21 [Daemon SaDiablo]: I was going to ask that selfsame question, beat me to it though. I'd really rather this not die from lack of attention.

2007-02-21 [Linderel]: Mmh, me neither.

2007-02-22 [Fireblade K'Chona]: me three! Only I didn't want to post twice in a row.

2007-02-22 [Linderel]: Have no inhibitions about that. :D

2007-02-22 [Fireblade K'Chona]: oh, awesome. :P

I actually do have to do homework now, though... -weeps-

I hate school right now. I am so tired of it.

2007-02-22 [Linderel]: I have no school. I have no job.

Would you believe it gets boring after a while? xD Sure, I can do whatever the heck I want all day, but my conscience nags at me, and my rhythm is all messed up. And I do get bored. :P
It's half past three in the morning. Ahahaha... ha. *sigh*

Yeah. :P

2007-02-22 [Fireblade K'Chona]: I know it gets boring after a while, but I could really, really use a break.

2007-02-22 [Daemon SaDiablo]: I just got in from work. Eleven hour shifts are never fun. -grumbles-