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_refugee_  ·  3993 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Editable Poem #2: What Did We Learn?

I didn't see any of what caused the hubbub, really. I think I was off on a date or at a bar or something. I came back late that night and all was in an uproar but whatever nastiness was present had been replaced.





humanodon  ·  3993 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Basically it was someone claiming the space as theirs and theirs alone because their contribution was deleted and a ended with a little antisemitism. It seemed to be the same person that was really dedicated to those end rhymes.

_refugee_  ·  3993 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I admit I'm responsible for two stanzas with alternating end rhymes which ultimately were kept, the weathervane and Roethke stanzas - which have been edited since, but the rhymes have been preserved. I think people saw the trend and kept it going. It's really the last stanza that it goes overboard for me.

Also, geez, talk about someone who couldn't handle the prompt of an editable poem, it sounds like. The whole point is not to get attached to whatever you throw out into the waves. If you like it copy it and keep it.

humanodon  ·  3993 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that a little rhyme is fine, but that it's actually very difficult to pull off a good rhyme scheme without sounding hackneyed. Same with meter, if it's too regular.

Rhyme is more like a fill or a grace note to me.

_refugee_  ·  3993 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When I see it done successfully, the lines are rarely endstopped (rhyme, I mean). I find that end-stopped rhyming lines usually beat one over the head.