As an 18 year old boy I was first put off of poetry when me and my peers were force fed what was judged as "proper poetry" in order for us to complete our GCSEs. As far as I could work out, the get into the anthology a poem just had to be really old or to be from a different country. The thing it, poetry can be rubbish. Poetry frequently is rubbish. Because reading poetry from an English anthology in a cramped classroom isn't how poetry is supposed to be done. Obviously poetry is supposed to be performed, and when you're stuck analysing a poem that you don't even want to analyse, well then you don't get the most out of it. The answer to this, as far as I see it, would be to alter the GCSE English literature course so that the student is able to choose what poetry they study for their work. I personally like witty and rhyming poems that are able to be happy, funny and yet still insightful. My favourite "poet" is probably Scroobius Pip, whilst considered as a rapper by many, his spoken word style does, for me anyway, allow him under the umbrella of poetry.
I saw a dead fish on the pavement
And thought, what did you expect?
There's no water round here stupid
Should have stayed where it was wet
It doesn't rhyme, but it does make me giggle, and the way he says it at the start of the song introdiction is amazing. I love him. Plus, he tweeted at me yesterday. YAY.
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