[MobolaParticipant]

Seems like people either do not appreciate peotry, or they just cant be bothered…is it just me?

[Tola OdejayiParticipant]

@Mobola,

I don’t think that poetry is dying… that assumes that it used to be vibrant before.

I don’t think that the ordinary Nigerian really relates to poetry; he is more likely to buy a novel than a book of poems.

Of course, poets could help their case by making their writing more accessible.

But why do YOU think poetry is dying, anyway?

[AfronutsParticipant]

I don’t think poetry is dying.
Why you think its dying is probably because most times it deals with the intellect and nowadays people go for entertainment than meditative intellectual stuff…hence the preference for novels…

[MobolaParticipant]

Thats what I was thinking, I was looking through the poems on the site and I realized that very few get feedback, in comparison to the short stories or excerpts and stuff
I think its a dying art, cus ppl arent paying so much attention to t, it used to be that a poem was turned into the lyrics of songs, but have you heard lyrics these days -_- its pitiful

[Tola OdejayiParticipant]

“it used to be that a poem was turned into the lyrics of songs, but have you heard lyrics these days -_- its pitiful”

Maybe it’s songs that are dying, @mobola.

[kayceeParticipant]

I think poets should be blamed. We used to enjoy poems and sing them because they had meanings and are easily understood. The most successful and popular poems are the ones everyone understands.
Poets of today, or rather, people claiming to be poets have got the woefully wrong impression that a poem has to be deep and encrypted and meaningless to the reader.

[JefsaraurmaxParticipant]

@mobola, poetry will never die because unlike other genre,poetry is universal.It speaks about joy, pain, love and yearning that all of us can relate to. It is striped of cultural differences and it comes directly from the poet. It is a picture of his/her soul at the moment he writes the poem. I try to write my poems in simple words.Let me know what you think.

[aghoghosamParticipant]

@kaycee – I agree with you COMPLETELY ! Most poets today make use of ambiguous words ; maybe they feel this portrays them as “intellectuals”. I feel the ambiguity of most poems is to blame for the loss of interest.

[xikayParticipant]

I disagree totally that poems in ‘those days’ were simpler to understand. Just because you haven’t been exposed to more poems than the nursery rhymes does not mean they never had poems harder than “old Roger”, “Twinkle Star”, “London Bridge” and the likes.

Go and read about poetry and see what ‘tough’ and ‘ambiguously’ worded Poetry existed in the past.

Again I disagree that poetry is a forgotten or dying art. Poetry is the singular topic/issue that has the largest number of forums/groups/pages on Facebook and there are millions of blogs about poetry on the web.

Look well and you’ll see that poetry is loved.

[shaifamilyParticipant]

#interesting…hmmmm

[shaifamilyParticipant]

@Kaycee go and grow a head jooor…lol. Don’t be afraid of what you do not understand; rather strive to seek the meaning and where you cannot on your own, look for help.
@xikay poetry is indeed beautiful, init?

[layriteParticipant]

Let me assure you that poetry will be the last of the genres to die. As long as we still have humans on earth, we will continue to have poetry. I agree however that the fan base of poetry on NS is small and dwindling.

Proud to be a poet and poetry lover.

[midasParticipant]

@Xikay pulled the words out of my mouth.I share his sentiment. I am sure that its not for lack of “simple” poems that poetry seem to be losing followers. From the begining of time there has always been simple poem and the complex ones. It’s no different today..

And on the premise that poetry is going into extinction , I hardly think that is possible. It isn’t just a craft that is on that pedestal of prominence but it is and shall always be there… and in subtle ways, the fundamental elements of poetry abound in our dirges and elegies and so on.

[xikayParticipant]

@layrite and @midas, you guys have said it. @shai, that is just the fact. Poetry is beautiful.
Poetry can never die, maybe on NS. Even here, with the magic @admin and @TolaO are performing, poetry may well soon #Occupy NS.

[shaifamilyParticipant]

@xikay hasn’t it? I think it is the most intimate way of expressing every writer’s inner feelings. That is why I smiled inwardly when I saw the quantum of entries that came in for the DANA anthology in poetry form. That is just about enough proof; I’d think.

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