tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post3984190654849460393..comments2024-03-29T01:19:03.714-04:00Comments on Poet Mom: What Is a Failed Poet?Januaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036651950996873368noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-90943583205819957532008-07-06T22:12:00.000-04:002008-07-06T22:12:00.000-04:00I completely agree. Poetry is so personal that it'...I completely agree. Poetry is so personal that it's hard to really be a failure at it. <BR/><BR/>Even though there I times that my poems fail, or could be working harder, I've never felt like a failed poet.Januaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036651950996873368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-2206440891250778352008-07-06T14:52:00.000-04:002008-07-06T14:52:00.000-04:00i agree with poetwithadayjob and odessa. i would a...i agree with poetwithadayjob and odessa. i would add that everyone is a creative being with poetry coming out in the way they live and interact with the world.Anandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856480920859265203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-50581117199042896032008-07-05T05:44:00.000-04:002008-07-05T05:44:00.000-04:00Wow I didn't read Joyce's comment until after I'd ...Wow I didn't read Joyce's comment until after I'd posted ... was surprised and more than a little pleased to see she said something similar ... :)Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-70612357388400388872008-07-05T05:41:00.000-04:002008-07-05T05:41:00.000-04:00Maybe it is more a self-definition than anything e...Maybe it is more a self-definition than anything else. Only we ourselves know when we haven't measured up to an ambition. Or is it a little like being a lapsed catholic ... a term I apply to myself sometimes and then at other times, I don't really believe I am at all ... ooh. Confusing!Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-40506562531165546592008-07-03T14:53:00.000-04:002008-07-03T14:53:00.000-04:00Or herself.... :)Or herself.... <BR/><BR/>:)Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-14625269918853325162008-07-03T14:51:00.000-04:002008-07-03T14:51:00.000-04:00I'm still reading about William Stafford (as told ...I'm still reading about William Stafford (as told wonderfully by his son, Kim, in EARLY MORNING: Remembering My Father)--He was not as well-known as many other poets, but was never "failed" because of that. He was all-inclusive, welcomed all poets into the circle as long as they <BR/>told "their own puzzling story" with honesty, by paying attention and speaking their own truth.<BR/><BR/>A poet is "failed" only if that is how he sees himself.Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-71360956334269025622008-07-03T08:46:00.000-04:002008-07-03T08:46:00.000-04:00All poetry is personal so there is no failure when...All poetry is personal so there is no failure when writing poems for yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-38949351763001605402008-07-03T01:07:00.000-04:002008-07-03T01:07:00.000-04:00I agree with poetwithadayjob, there's no such thin...I agree with poetwithadayjob, there's no such thing. I think being a poet is a way of seeing the world. And even if one is not writing poems, I still wouldn't consider him/her a "failed poet".Odessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397968854709642789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-85412111364083032332008-07-02T15:58:00.000-04:002008-07-02T15:58:00.000-04:00Definitely no such thing. The only failure is the ...Definitely no such thing. The only failure is the poet that gives up. I think media use "failed" to mean a few things, like, never achieved ultimate potential, or was never well-received by the world and so could never achieve ultimate potential...but generally, that's all crap b/c poetry is for you, and your readers. Not a critic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com