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Where's All The Energy /lit/ bros? Scribe 04/25/2025 (Fri) 05:50:09 No. 987
Post what you are reading, post what you are writing, post what you are thinking, post about the times you read to drown out your parents' arguments, but for the love of all that is good post something.
I feel like I'm poking a dead animal with a stick, wake up fellas. How often is it that someone tells you that they want to hear your thoughts on something?
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Gooned the entire day so i couldnt read, will continue after taking a bath (reading, that is!)
There is no energy here I guess, just death.
1000 GET, I'm going back to 4chan, screw you all.
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Fuck me, is all poetry this tedious? I've been wanting to read more poetry for a while now, and I was recommended some works and authors by a friend of mine. Before pic-related I read the Illiad translated by Robert Fizgerald - its age and impact aside - it was a good story. Verses were clearly understandable, cohesive story. It was enjoyable read. Sylvia Plath might not have written epics, but even then her poems tend to be more miss than hit so far. I'm going to read a few more. Perhaps her writing gets better as the collection progresses. If anyone got any recs of works or authors, I'd be much thankful. As for the 4chongers situation. I'll take a look at 4ch /lit/ from time-to-time, but frankly I don't have high hopes for it. Pathetic jannies, blatant shitposting, 900s timer and now I think there's a part of the site that requires a log-in? Kind-of hope more anons there find their way here.
>>1002 If you're looking for something like the Iliad, check out the Aeneid. Poetry collections tend to be hit-or-miss unless they really resonate with you. Try picking one of the poems you did like in that collection and then asking copilot/chatgpt/deepseek for poets/poems with similar themes or style. I found some interesting stuff that way.
>>1004 Not a big fan of using AI - aside from one particular use. But I figure asking for poem recommendations won't do too much harm. Where do people on the internet even talk about poetry anyways? With attention-spans being shot to shit as they are nowadays you'd think there would be that much more interest in poetry. Thanks for recommending me the Aeneid. From what I recall it's essential a Roman sequel to the Iliad, written centuries later, and featuring one of the Trojan allies as main character and ancestor of Rome (don't want to spoiler a millennia year old work :^) ). So I expect a plot-structure and style not too different from the Iliad. Speaking of structure, one of the scenes that stuck with me in it was two heroes on each side bantering with one another for several stanzas, until Agamemnon - I think - told the Greek hero to cease the banter and get to fighting. This in a work where the dialogue pre-battle can take up three times the verses the actual fighting does.
>>1005 X has a lot of people talking about poems/poetry. Unfortunately it's also a cesspool of pontification and preening. If you look past that, you'll find plenty of people posting pictures of poems they like, giving recs, etc. Just beware of pseuds as usual.


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