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andrew levin Apr 2012
central to a poem


is


the


notion


of


conceit


that's


not


some


e­levated


idea


of


oneself


but


an


image


that


implies­


more
andrew levin Apr 2012
a


young


woman's


poem


some


subtlety


of


feeling


not­


well

expressed


no


questioning


of


veracity


or


how
­

it


lies


best !
it always seems to be the expression of some feeling/thought combination with no sense of a larger context or humour !

just grief over some loss and move onto the next thing !

is there anything harder than for a woman to laugh at herself?
andrew levin Apr 2012
to


the


second


rate


the


applause


is


more


important­


than


the


poem !
need i say more, those flowery eulogies that would put obituaries to shame : o )

ed. this refers to the turgid back scratching comments on the hello poetry board, but i think it applies generally   : o )
andrew levin Apr 2012
about

hello

poetry

is

the

way

you

can

just

roll

into

a­n

interesting

poem

or

thought

having

no

idea

it

existed
­
before !
sometimes they have existed before ; o )
andrew levin Apr 2012
i do

expect
a bit

more

from

poetry
you can use it destructively like reinforcing mal adaptive

tendencies by

wallowing

in

comforting

emotion

or

you

can

use

it

to­

steer

you

through

the

rocky

passage

of

life

and

insigh­t !
andrew levin Apr 2012
"you are my favourite!"

"what alovely and gracious reply"

these swine

too spewy to have any sort of functional real life

let

loose

the

effluent

here !
well the net is a haven for these "all feeling, no realism" types and i don't see that hello poetry is any less of a nest for them !

male

egoism

female

egoism

an

endless

blind

to

reality !
andrew levin Apr 2012
young

women

and

girls

writing

about

love

and

love

and

l­ove

what

completion

are

they

seeking

except

an

inroad

to­

hell

or

is

it

the

illusion

that

it's

heaven ?
what i find interesting is the very complete nature of the love but the very partial nature of its occurrence in reality, yet the hope of complete occurrence never tires : o )
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