Poetry Set Overload

[spindahrellah]

Originally posted by Alias_01
Personally being a Chi-Native I believe that poetry and the arts are very characteristic of my city. Its a beautiful thing. Recently with the popularity of movies like Love Jones and and artists like Jill Scott doing spoken word, everyone wants to be on the "cultural" kick. For some its just a fad..its seems trendy to go to coffee shops and act like your hear what the poet is really saying. And for those of us like myself it is a way of life that you cherish and strongly believe in. Besides the whole club scence is dead and people like to go out but they like to relax at the same time. But thats just my two cents on the situation.

i have to respectfully disagree...and say that i don't believe it to be a fad at all...but a genuine search for something higher...deeper...and intellectually stimulating...perhaps some people have since they can remember been the deep thinkers...the "natural" poets and continual seekers of knowledge...but just because you are new...something in a poem or at a shop caught your attention late in life...doesn't mean you are following a fad...it means...that perhaps...a deep...genuine interest was sparked in you...and that you are really feeling the words of the poet...