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The Business of Poetry  

Teyjj 56M
2572 posts
11/12/2012 9:03 pm

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The Business of Poetry

There is a story about the bee and the wasp when they were just starting out.

First the bee taught the wasp how to make a hive. Next he decided to teach him how to make the honey, but the wasp decided that enough was enough. He was tired of taking instructions and was convinced he knew it all.

So he said to the bee, “Man, you’re treating me like I’m a fool or something. I know what I’m doing. I’m so out of here!”

And with that he buzzed away to start up his own operation.

After finishing work on his hive he wondered, “Now where do I get the honey?”

Well, I didn’t want to be the wasp.

Over the years I wrote close to 200<b> poems. </font></b>Along the way I realized that there was more technical stuff to writing poetry than what I was doing. I figured if I loved it that much and wanted to achieve anything in that field, then I needed to catch up on what I was missing.

The information was on-line, but I needed a class format to actually ensure my discipline; and what the class did for me was enable feedback from other people who knew what they were doing, to help me understand the process better.

Now, I’m paying a lot of money for this, and I’m not getting taught in the traditional way to which I’m accustomed. But it’s something I have to do.

In a way, doing an on-line class for something like this is (in one way) a rip-off, but at the same time (with my lack concentration or focus) I have to see it as money well-spent.

You see I want to lash out or ridicule the idea that I can learn something this way: the lecturer posts some notes on the computer, you go on read or study the notes, then try to write a poem in the form outlined. Then afterwards someone will critique what you created, even if they’ve never seen whatever the topics was, before.

But I can’t even ridicule or lash out because… I’m actually learning a lot!

Oh, well!!

Teyjj 56M
4122 posts
11/13/2012 3:26 pm
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It will be difficult but I will try!


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