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Question: There has been a lot of talk lately about what IS and IS NOT a poem!. Here is one to chew on!. Poem—YES—NO—!?
“All stop!” bellows the boss!.
“Aye Cap’n!’ I calls!.
I slows us, as ordered!.
The old man leans over the rail, eyeing the dingy what has come along side!.
“A’vast there! A’r ye friend or foe!?”
A timid voice beckons from below!.
“I needs help with me homework, kind SIr!.”
Me Cap’n’s blood boils!.
“Man the 5 pounder! We’ll have this one with our tea!”
Me knows he don’t means it, but me dances around Brown Brigit, pretend-making ready to fire!. She’s an old French gun we captured from St!. Vincent’s Middle School!.
“Gun ready!” I shouts!.
“Pease, good Cap’n, do not shoot upon me!. It’s Shakespeare what has me scratching me ‘ed!.”
The old salty tears well up in him!. He’s not a bad man, just been on the sea a very long while!. He hollers down to the lad, “Is it the Tempest then!?”
“Aye, Sir, the harpy Ariel!.”
The Cap’n calls to all!.
“Look lively, men!. We’re hoisting a dingy!”Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I'm not a poet!. I am an artist!. As are you painting that lovely movie in my mind!.
Hmm, poetry - individual imagery of thoughts and feelings taking on many forms I know nothing about , just learning --- ahem, *adjusting humility* -- you not only wrote a video in my mind (versus the usual "painting" image a poem gives me) but included The Bard himself in prose *eek!?* similar to his sonnets!.
Being an artist, not a poet, seemed pure poetry in prose to me!. *humble bow*
write on!Www@QuestionHome@Com
That'd be a 'no'!.
Great beginning for a short story! Too prosey for a poem!.!.!.but this could easily be made into a poem!.!.!.!.
So, while I am flying my vertible North, will ye be poeming it!.!.!.!.and, just what about ole 'cupid' question I sent ya!?
Here til 3 p!.m!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Bless that old salt's heart
though not very smart
doing his generous part
and not blowing the dingy apart
I said he was NOT blowing the dingy apart
I didnt say it was NOT a poem
So I aint running
Even though I like ryhming verse
I still recognized it as a poemWww@QuestionHome@Com
I really don't know what makes a Poem a Poem, I have to think it is in the eye of the beholder, but maybe that is my ignorance!.
~OM~
SFCU
(Oh yeah: yes I think that is a Poem!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Fun story!. I think one characteristic of a poem is that each line should at least try to stand up by itself!. This is prose!. Well, whimsey (!?)!. The naval flavor makes for great imagery!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I would call this a poem as it contains many poetic devices!.
I very much enjoyed this read!.!.!.Aye, It tickled me funny bone, Cap'n!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
It's a Dialogue Poem!. Think of the dialogue in Shakespeare's plays!. Are they not poetry!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
TO me its like a paragraph out of a book!.!.about fishermen!. Sorry i dont understand poems that dont rhyme!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes!.
More than one word, and more than one line, right!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Who am I to judge!?
If you want it to be a pome then it's a pome!.!.!.!.and a very cute story too!Www@QuestionHome@Com
inorder to make that a poem!.!.!.better know to cut it properly^_^
goodluck then!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
To me it is not but I don't know what others think!. This is a story!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes i would say so,Good jobWww@QuestionHome@Com
Posing, which came first!.!.!.chicken or egg!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Ermmm!.!.!.a prose poem, perhaps!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Aye Aye Cap'n!! Thar She Blows!!
Reminds me of Captains Courageous!.!.I enjoyed this so !.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
aye mate, serve me up a plate!. i'm not into all that educated jiberish!. bah humbug!. can't we just enjoy!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Poem is in the read/heart of the beholder!?
I am far from a master, if words touch my heart, make my soul
leap, turn on a light bulb or I can relate to the same feeling,
affirm what I choose to believe yet struggle with the feeling,
lift me up to laughter, or bring a tear, if it flows and sings,
whatever it is called in any form, if not a poem, It is a blessing!.
Thanxs for the read of this blessing!Www@QuestionHome@Com
You could make a case for it being a poem in the sense that it's a dramatic narrative!. From a subjective sense it doesn't strike me as exceptionally poetic, but my mind tends to compartmentalize what I read (i!.e!., poem, play, novel, short story, etc)!. There are some story-like poems that I've read that have been 8-9 pages long that have given me difficulty defining but in the end I concluded: Poem!.
For me it's sort of subjective: This just says fun dialogue to me!.
But as you can see from the answers opinions differ, this was just mine!.Www@QuestionHome@Com