1. What is your opinion of poetry? Do you love it, hate it, can't live without it, or wish all poets would be stranded on a desert isle? Poetry is okay, I guess. I'm not exactly a big fan of it though. I like mine to rhyme. Limericks are fun.
2. What is your favorite poem? Copy and paste it here in your answer (and yes, if your favorite poem happens to be a dirty limerick, so be it- share away). I can only hope that someone happens to share a dirty limerick! But I digress. My favorite poem is Late Lament. You know, that poem that Graeme reads at the end of Nights In White Satin...
Breathe deep the gathering gloom Watch lights fade from every room Bedsitter people look back and lament Another day's useless energy spent.
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one, Lonely man cries for love and has none. New mother picks up and suckles her son, Senior citizens wish they were young.
Cold hearted orb that rules the night, Removes the colors from our sight. Red is grey and yellow white, But we decide which is right. And which is an illusion...
Thanks go out to Andrea for providing me the text of the poem
3. Do you have a favorite poet or a favorite collection of poetry? Along the same vein, is there a particular poet that you don't really care for? Why? Since I'm not a big poetry fan, I don't have any clear cut likes or dislikes.
4. Do you consider songs to be a form of poetry? Why or why not? Let's see... Songs have rhythm and rhyme. Most of them paint a clear mental picture... Yes, songs are poetry. Hmmm... I guess that makes my favorite poet Klaus Meine!
5. Do you write poetry? If so: 1) would you consider posting one of your poems with your answer so we may all read it; and 2) what inspires you to write your poetry? If one considers songs to be a form of poetry, then yes, I have written some. I'd share them with you, but it's been a long time since I've performed any of them and the lyrics (handwritten) are stored in the case with (You guessed it!) my missing guitars. I was inspired to write them mostly out of a desire to expess my feelings. Hmmm... Perhaps I should write a love song for Matthias Jabs. That ought to really freak out those ladies on The Scorpions' message board!
