Poetry or writing?

[Rabgix]

Ok so i have to write a Sonnet for Lit class( a poem) and I normally prefer writing a story or essay.

So ppl of KHI what do you prefer? Poetry or the writing of stories?

 

[AzzurroRainrebor]

I REALLY like both, but since I have to select one, I'd say story. You could engross the audience in your story with complex characters and settings.

Then again, you can tell great stories with poetry, especially sonnets. You'd probably get more credit if you write a short sonnet that is packed with dramatic rhetoric and tells an awesome story. I recommend reading Shakespeare's sonnets for inspiration (might be boring, though)...

 

[Solar]

Whichever I feel like, mood wise. Stories most of the time, though.

 

[Xiao]

I feel that poetry is sometimes full of shit.
However sometimes its not and sometimes it can be absolutely beautiful.

But I really have much respect for great pieces of prose - the kind of prose that could be poetry.

 

[Mallorytheace]

I suck at poetry.I do much better writing a story

 

[Eyesore]

Eh, that's a hard one.
I write lyrics and Rap(which counts as poetry) and I love that, but I was writing stories first...
So, I'd have to go with "writing."

 

[Orion]

Poetry, while elegant when done well, is otherwise very limiting on what one can write and produce and restricts the actual level of expression available to the writer. Needless to say I prefer the more 'standard' style of writing.

 

[ZackFair]

Both xD. Well if I had to choose I would have to say story.

 

[Firo]

I enjoy poetry, but not the "overly personal" poetry. At that point it becomes an emo song in the making.
I understand poetry is personal in most cases, but w/e.

I'd have to chose writing.

I only look at poetry for philosophical engagement.
Modern poetry seems so...bleh.

 

[Azrael]

Poems suck.

I prefer reading a good story.

 

[Oriax]

I like both. I prefer to write stories though, but when I get inspiration for a poem, I have to write it

 

[Nyangoro]

Both can be equally meaningful.

I will not be forced to choose!

 

[Lumen et ignem]

Writing stories is fun but takes a lot longer to finish and I have a habit of not finishing them so I prefer poetry.

 

[Alaude Drenxta]

Poetry is more challenging, more lyrical, and tends to reach deeper into someone's "emotional well" without seeming to TRY and do so.

 

[Reverie]

Both, but I'm mostly a story writer.

 

[*~BlackCat~*]

It depends, I like both, but I guess it depends on my mood or what I feel like writing.

 

[Pelafina]

Poetry can be exceptional, all of you who are hating on it disappoint me.

Are you planning on writing a Shakespearean or Petrarchan sonnet?

 

[Sign]

I don't like poetry; while I do agree that it's great, it just doesn't appeal to me. I'm better at telling a story

 

[Raiton Kensei]

I like both. I like a good story that sends me into imagination or causes me to think about certain things. Poetry usually expresses a story but shorter and shows more emotions in less time than a story does. I just like poetry more for its emotion rather than story telling.

 

[Reflection]

petrarchan sonnets are super fun <3

I feel that poetry is sometimes full of shit.

mebbe it's supposed to seem that way

O:

Rap (which counts as poetry)

as big a fan of it as i've become...

no, not really

Poetry

restricts expression

WAT

do none of you people actually read poetry that wasn't written by poe or your emo friend GOSH