The DU Lounge
Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDo people recite poetry to each other any more?
I mean, outside of music and English majors.
demmiblue
(36,743 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,573 posts)I probably should have been more specific, because I don't think our generation on down does it any more. I mean, outside of reading Dr. Seuss books to our kids.
malthaussen
(17,065 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)malthaussen
(17,065 posts)There are poetry slams and recitations at several venues, and not just in Real Life (soi-disant), but in MMO worlds such as Second Life. There are a number of DUers who visit smoky cafes for poetic recitations (bongos optional). And through the wonders of email, one can even "recite" poetry to acquaintances halfway around the world.
As for more intimate venues, I rather expect that there is no perversion of nature some couple or group doesn't indulge, even reciting poetry to each other. I just hope they take appropriate precautions.
-- Mal
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Just ask California Peggy.
malthaussen
(17,065 posts)Hope Ben doesn't find out.
-- Mal
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)If I had more time to post, I'd put that in verse.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)because often I need to go soften
some dumb thing I said
that could get me dead
and I'm not quite yet ready for coffin.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,573 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)either original or otherwise.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)He recites poetry to a whole SENATE full of people!
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights but the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge where I cremated Sam McGee
Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee...
NNadir
(33,368 posts)...in Yosemite many years ago.
It was unforgettable, since he had a strange hat. His point was that it was a "tall tale," and people used to think that the Redwoods were tall tales.
My mother used to read that poem to me when I was a child. I loved it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,270 posts)I'm not sure that qualifies as "poetry" but we sure enjoyed it.
A one-L lama is a priest
A two-L llama is a beast
And I will bet my silk pajama
There isn't any three-l lllama.
Should you behold a panther crouch.
Prepare to say ouch.
Better yet, if called upon by a panther,
Don't anther.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Even though I never fully understood that one,
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,270 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)lastlib
(22,978 posts)"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor..."
A very passionate love poem!
FSogol
(45,355 posts)What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,
Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust."
handmade34
(22,755 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)NNadir
(33,368 posts)unimpressed.
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
Of course, they had to listen interminably to me doing the "Tomorrow" soliloquy from MacBeth, so I understand their boredom.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)He only had to listen to me croaking 'Tomorrow' from 'Annie.'
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)You've spurned my advances
Though they came with many presances
My love is unrequited
And I feel so slighted
And by the way
How is that HOA
Working out?
Baitball Blogger
(46,573 posts)Oh for crying out loud, I was away from the keyboard working on projects.
Might be hard to believe based on my post count but I have a drive-by posting habit. Run in, rest my tired feet for a while, and then run out. Oddly, I'm most productive when hubby is traveling because I don't have to stop for dinner. And today I was really in heaven because I finished a big project in one day!!
Really enjoy the responses to this thread. And thank you for the kind comments!
Tikki
(14,537 posts)If I don't know a person well, I will try to inject bits of lyrics into the conversation.
It makes me feel less self~conscience and that I have some control over the flow.
Tikki
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Tikki
(14,537 posts)in a row from a song's lyrics.
And have yet to be called out as being inappropriate.
It beats looking at my shoes while I talk.
Tikki
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I didn't really think you were suddenly bursting into song.
Though if that's the case, please disregard this reply.
malthaussen
(17,065 posts)She could have a great future in opera!
-- Mal
mythology
(9,527 posts)A nice romantic evening, had her sit in my lap and read her favorite poem. She grew up in a family that wasn't predisposed to displays of affection, either physical or verbal. Getting her to do so, was an arduous task. Fortunately she had her weaknesses, for example poetry or obscure words (she was a walking dictionary).