Hey, I wanted to sincerely apologize for not answering your comment. I almost completely forgot that I even had a mibba...I kind of feel like an ass. =/
Tis very unfortunate that there isn't more...
I know, I'm not sure whether you'll like her or not (she is one of my favorites though, as far as amateurs go), but I met a writer on another site, and she's got her own website. She's only got about four poems, but they're really good, and I love her writing. A little dark/depressing, and erring on the 'emo' side, but they're still beautiful, and Ballerina has some great imagery.
If you want, you can check her out at shadowscarspoetry.weebly.com
Just a suggestion, though. :/
Yeah, Robert Frost is a good one. I love reading it, if it's right. It can take a person to a distant land in just a few stanzas when written correctly... it can make the world feel right again, like nothing was ever wrong.
But it's so hard to find that...
I think that poetry is something that should come from inside a person, and often it is a little piece of them in written form. I don't think anyone should have to force themselves to write poetry, because even if it sounds nice, even if it's amazing, it doesn't have a connection to the author, and then it just isn't the same, whether the reader can tell or not.
That's not to say it's BAD, just... connectionless. And what's most important to me is having a connection with the poetry one writes. It's like... when I write something because it just suddenly came to me, and as I scribble down the lines and watch a few disjointed thoughts become a real poem, there is something there that brings a smile to my face. Poetry is a part of me. And for most poets, I think, whether they feel it as strongly or not. And when a poem is forced out, there's no connection there.
But then again... perhaps it's different for other people. I do see things strangely a lot of the time, and it doesn't help that I don't read a whole lot of poetry. I'm extremely picky about it...
Eh, I can't do her essays. They're all 'discuss the moral ambiguity of Brutus' or just... I dunno. She doesn't leave much room at all for any sort of real creativity. I put in as much as I can, but there's only so much to work with when everything about the essay is spoon-fed to me... A lot of other essays I am fine with. Hers are just way too specific and dull...
There's never right or wrong poems, but... wrawr, my views on it get too complicated. :P
And thanks for the comments. :)
It's kind of sad when people write for other reasons, I think... even if it turns out well, there just isn't as much emotion in it, usually. Of course, sometimes that's what people want, but... eh.
That's why my English teacher thinks I'm a completely hopeless writer. I don't think I'm as bad as she believes, but if she'd stop assigning analytical essays I might be able to get better than a C. XP Just can't put as much effort into an essay...
That's great that you won some! :)
And thanks. :) I don't really worry about it, it's always a matter of personal preference with those. I write because I want to, not because I want recognition (though it is nice when that comes along with it).
I am thinking of entering into one or two real contests, though...
Well today I was talking to my "aunt" she's a family friend and me and my brother call her our aunt and well she told me the best way to go is medical because there's always going to be someone that's sick and one of her daughters is in the medical field and makes really good money and gets to set her own schedule. So I might take her advice there and go medical instead of photog. I don't know yet.
Anyway, how have you been? O.o