A Lyrical Discussion (lyrics, genre, American, quote, bands)

**sleepy jack** · 02-13-2007, 10:53 PM

Wilde<3 I once looked at a book of Frost's poems, I didn't finish it but their was alot of good stuff in it.

Shakespeare is sick also, i'm reading some of his stuff.

PaperHurricanesAndPlanes · 02-14-2007, 07:40 AM

I can't stand the Bard. I hate him. I hate hate him. I love Hoagland.

DontRunMeOver · 02-14-2007, 07:53 AM

I like Shakespeare tragedies, but only as plays in performance. Personally I don't think Shakespeare works very well on paper. And I don't think his comedies are any good at all. Comedy is a pretty contemporary thing so anybody who finds Shakespeare's jokes funny deserves a damn good kicking.

Loser · 02-14-2007, 08:37 AM

Some of Shakespeare's comedies are pretty good but I have to agree with DRMO his tragedies are classics. The way he writes is a way I can only dream of writing, he is by far the best but not a fav of mine.

Stu · 02-14-2007, 01:52 PM

I think everyone should read Tennyson's work.

O blackbird! sing me something well:
While all the neighbors shoot thee round,
I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground,
Where thou mayst warble, eat, and dwell.
The espaliers and the standards all
Are thine; the range of lawn and park;
The unnetted black-hearts ripen dark,
All thine, against the garden wall.

Yet, tho’ I spared thee all the spring,
Thy sole delight is, sitting still,
With that gold dagger of thy bill
To fret the summer jenneting.

A golden bill! ths silver tongue,
Cold February loved, is dry;
Plenty corrupts the melody
That made thee famous once when young;

And in the sultry garden-squares,
Now thy flute-notes are changed to coarse,
I hear thee not at all, or hoarse
As when a hawker hawks his wares.

Take warning! he that will not sing
While yon sun prospers in the blue,
Shall sing for want, ere leaves are new,
Caught in the frozen palms of Spring.

Moon Pix · 02-14-2007, 02:16 PM

You should all read something by Ezra Pound.

**sleepy jack** · 02-14-2007, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver

I like Shakespeare tragedies, but only as plays in performance. Personally I don't think Shakespeare works very well on paper. And I don't think his comedies are any good at all. Comedy is a pretty contemporary thing so anybody who finds Shakespeare's jokes funny deserves a damn good kicking.

I don't know, in seattle I saw the comedy of errors and they added some changes to it and pulled it off pretty well. Alot of the stuff in it was great.

The book itself wasn't that funny.

sisteraysays · 04-19-2007, 11:21 PM

If we are going to talk poets lets not forget Whitman. THE American poet. Also there is Ginsberg, Dylan (Bob and Thomas) William Carlos Williams, E.E Cummings...

**sleepy jack** · 04-20-2007, 04:37 AM

So T.S. Eliot is becoming my favorite. "'That corpse you planted last year in your garden, has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year?"<3333333 The Waste Land is amazing.

sisteraysays · 04-20-2007, 03:11 PM

T.S. Elliot is pretty sweet, if you are loser that is, but seriously he is pretty sick my favorite book of his is Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The first poem The Naming of The Cats is so good, honestly you will never look at a cat the same way again. The whole Lost Generation that Elliot was part of had some great writers and poets; my favorite poet of that time, even though he isn't really part of the Lost Generation, is William Carlos Williams.

Old age is
a flight of small
cheeping birds
skimming
bare trees
above a snow glaze.
Gaining and failing
they are buffeted
by a dark wind--
But what?
On harsh weedstalks
the flock has rested,
the snow
is covered with broken
seedhusks
and the wind tempered
by a shrill
piping of plenty.
Such a great poet WCW

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02-13-2007, 10:53 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,569	Wilde<3 I once looked at a book of Frost's poems, I didn't finish it but their was alot of good stuff in it. Shakespeare is sick also, i'm reading some of his stuff. __________________ I'm not blind, I believe in you.

02-14-2007, 08:37 AM
Loser The Professor Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,138	Some of Shakespeare's comedies are pretty good but I have to agree with DRMO his tragedies are classics. The way he writes is a way I can only dream of writing, he is by far the best but not a fav of mine. __________________ "It's just so fuckin' weird. You write about this shit, and you're suddenly the spokesman for a fuckin' generation,...... Any generation that would pick Kurt or me as its spokesman -- that must be a pretty fucked up generation, don't you think?"

02-14-2007, 01:52 PM
Stu Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 3,157	I think everyone should read Tennyson's work. O blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou mayst warble, eat, and dwell. The espaliers and the standards all Are thine; the range of lawn and park; The unnetted black-hearts ripen dark, All thine, against the garden wall. Yet, tho’ I spared thee all the spring, Thy sole delight is, sitting still, With that gold dagger of thy bill To fret the summer jenneting. A golden bill! ths silver tongue, Cold February loved, is dry; Plenty corrupts the melody That made thee famous once when young; And in the sultry garden-squares, Now thy flute-notes are changed to coarse, I hear thee not at all, or hoarse As when a hawker hawks his wares. Take warning! he that will not sing While yon sun prospers in the blue, Shall sing for want, ere leaves are new, Caught in the frozen palms of Spring.

02-14-2007, 02:16 PM
Moon Pix In a very sad sad zoo Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: "Out on tour with Smashing Pumpkins, nature kids, they don't have no function" Posts: 366	You should all read something by Ezra Pound. __________________ There’s a dream that I see, I pray it can be Look 'cross the land, shake this land - "Maybe Not", C. Marshall

04-19-2007, 11:21 PM
sisteraysays Groupie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23	If we are going to talk poets lets not forget Whitman. THE American poet. Also there is Ginsberg, Dylan (Bob and Thomas) William Carlos Williams, E.E Cummings...

04-20-2007, 04:37 AM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,569	So T.S. Eliot is becoming my favorite. "'That corpse you planted last year in your garden, has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year?"<3333333 The Waste Land is amazing. __________________ I'm not blind, I believe in you.

04-20-2007, 03:11 PM
sisteraysays Groupie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23	T.S. Elliot is pretty sweet, if you are loser that is, but seriously he is pretty sick my favorite book of his is Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The first poem The Naming of The Cats is so good, honestly you will never look at a cat the same way again. The whole Lost Generation that Elliot was part of had some great writers and poets; my favorite poet of that time, even though he isn't really part of the Lost Generation, is William Carlos Williams. Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Gaining and failing they are buffeted by a dark wind-- But what? On harsh weedstalks the flock has rested, the snow is covered with broken seedhusks and the wind tempered by a shrill piping of plenty. Such a great poet WCW