Reading through Poetizer, I have noticed a lot of motifs that appear regularly:

the moon
stars
labyrinth/maze
dreams
mean girls
mean boys
Nature
mirror
outer darkness
inner darkness
cries

Maybe these constitute something of the essence of poetry in the popular mind. Thoughts?

Actually, Sam, that's not a bad poem.

Oh well, Sam, I imagine a lot of them are teenagers. Better than snap-chatting pictures of their genitals to each other, surely.

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Surely


The moon.
Stars.
Labyrinth. Maze.

Dreams
Mean girls,
mean boys.
Nature. Mirror.

Outer darkness,
inner darkness.
Cries.

Better than snap-chatting pictures
of your genitals
to each other.
Surely.
.
.

I just finished writing several grant applications for programs to promote the arts. None of the proposed projects included sneering at the work of beginners. Dang.

Oh, well, maybe next year.

Some beginners should become begunners.

Some beginners shouldn't.

Nemo Emo: :rolleyes: :p :D :eek: !!

It was on Eratosphere that I learned the term "sandbox". If we are to direct beginners thither, such places are clearly necessary for them to play safely.

Safely.

The lucky ones might even get a Nemo to show them the value of what they find in the sand (even the catshit).

Surely?
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Thank you for reminding me Ann and Julie that when I mock someone I am saying a great deal more about myself than I am about the person whom I mock. I am not only reminded, but abashed.