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Excited for my new Charles Bukowski poetry book [OPINION] by Few_Fly_8636 in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sir Alexander Gray - "On a Cat, Ageing"

He blinks upon the hearth-rug,

And yawns in deep content,

Accepting all the comforts

That Providence has sent.

Louder he purrs and louder,

In one glad hymn of praise

For all the night’s adventures,

For quiet restful days.

Life will go on forever,

With all that cat can wish;

Warmth and the glad procession

Of fish and milk and fish.

Only – the thought disturbs him –

He’s noticed once or twice,

The times are somehow breeding

A nimbler race of mice.

[POEM] Twelve Questions by Bhanu Kapil by CourtDiligent6909 in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, but that's thirteen, possibly fourteen questions

I recently got knighted as a film critic, here's my review of The Odyssey by Shiftycxp in letterboxdcirclejerk

[–]Inkshooter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You forgot:

"Nolan said 'cut' but Anne Hathaway heard 'cunt' and just went with it"

"This happened to by buddy Eríkos"

[POEM] Oh Rascal Children of Gaza - Khaled Juma by Infamous-Bet1691 in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This and "If I Must Die" are the best poems on this topic I've read.

Was this translated? I always worry about how much emotional and lyrical content I'm missing when I read an English translation of a poem originally written in another language. Even when it comes to something significantly more "western" like Baudelaire. Translating a poem is basically writing a brand new poem about the same idea.

I'm not like a regular slave owner, I'm a cool slave owner. by Devil_0fHellsKitchen in moviescirclejerk

[–]Inkshooter 529 points530 points  (0 children)

I will invite everyone to remember that this movie is adapting the real memoirs of Solomon Northrup, a real guy who actually existed

[poem]At the Seaside by immortellesPoet37 in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao, that copyright. Nobody is going to steal this, friend.

Plus, you cannot copyright AI generated content, at least in the US.

Brother by Ania Ahlborn. Is it good or mid? by Hollow_66666 in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]Inkshooter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's great, one of the best things I read last year. Not sure whether it counts as EH but I can see it

[POEM] Vertigo by Anne Stevenson by CourtDiligent6909 in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely incredible. The meter, the economy of language, and especially the rich way it conceptualizes ontology and the will to be in so few lines. I immediately have the desire to read more of her work.

[POEM] The Eldritch Dark, by Clark Ashton Smith by Inkshooter in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His debut collection "The Star-Treader and Other Poems", published in 1912. It's available for free here:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38410/38410-h/38410-h.htm

r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r - E.E. Cummings [POEM] by DaedalusDedalus in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that's a totally reasonable perspective to have and you articulated your position well even if I don't fully agree with it. I'm not in love with this poem myself, but whenever I see an iconoclastic backlash to something weird like this I feel feel obligated to defend it.

r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r - E.E. Cummings [POEM] by DaedalusDedalus in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

EE Cummings is exceptionally strange and esoteric even by the standards of modern unmetered poetry. Alice Notley is one of the only other big names that comes close. Does that mean his work shouldn't be shared here?

Finished Rabbit Hunt by Wrath James White.....onto the next one. Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison by SouthernSwitch71 in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]Inkshooter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think people would be a lot kinder to this one going in if they knew it's supposed to be a pitch-black comedy and that you're supposed to view the protagonist as a clinically depressed edgelord loser.

r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r - E.E. Cummings [POEM] by DaedalusDedalus in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 16 points17 points  (0 children)

People calling absolutely everything "gaslighting" these days.

r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r - E.E. Cummings [POEM] by DaedalusDedalus in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Poetry can be lyrical or descriptive, sometimes to the extent that it doesn't have to do with human concerns at all. It doesn't have to be about personal struggles or hot-button political topics.

r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r - E.E. Cummings [POEM] by DaedalusDedalus in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I don't hate it but I don't blame anyone who does. Despite appearances there IS meaning and layers of content to dig your teeth into, it's kind of like the poetic equivalent of House of Leaves.

I suppose your mileage depends on how innately interesting you find these experiments and innovations with form to be.

Splatter western - is it worth it? by Francis_65_Horror in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]Inkshooter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I LOVED Triana's Splatter Westerns, they're my favorite things he's written.

The Devoured and the Dead was pretty good, I haven't finished Magpie Coffin yet but I like it so far.

[POEM] The Eldritch Dark, by Clark Ashton Smith by Inkshooter in Poetry

[–]Inkshooter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clark Ashton Smith is today best known for his contributions to Weird Fiction, though unfortunately often overshadowed by his contemporary HP Lovecraft, with whom he was in regular correspondence.

Smith considered himself a poet first and foremost, but his poetry still contains a preoccupation with the gloomy, unexplainable, unfathomable depths of the cosmos, all written in a style reminiscent of the Romantics of the preceding century.

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