Grammar In poetry

Okay, so I've been just browsing people's poetry, reading a few here and there. Do you think grammar is necessary to create an effective poem? If you think about it, when you read a poem with "U" or "2" it could lower the standard. But what if you wrote a poem like that to give it a unique voice. Besides, just like art, it is drawn in many different forms. But still called art.

Just asking.

-Someone

When you want people to take you seriously then your poetry should have no grammatical errors. The only variation should be in format and interpunction.
"U'and "2" is language used in text messages and I do not care much for poems that have such language in it...I close the page right away when I come across it...

This is my just my opinion however:)

Take care and lots of success with writing,

Ingrid

There's a difference between making a mistake and that kind of grammatical error, and purposely putting "U", "2" and "luv." I don't take anyone who types like the above examples seriously, whether it be their poetry or just chatting. Why would you want to sound like a twelve-year-old little girl? To me, it takes longer to type lyk dis than it does to type properly, so I can't quite grasp why people do.

I think improper grammar is totally fine if it's intended. Most of the time it seems to come into play when people are too lazy to write out full words, or they don't bother revising.

If someone is lazy or submits work with words spelled incorrectly, or obviously the wrong word inserted because they used spell check and didn't check with their own eyes - it irritates me. REALLY irritates me.

The improper grammar doesn't bother me if I am texting because I do it too.

As far as poetry is concerned that makes a piece look sloppy like the person was in a hurry and doesn't really care if their work is presentable. I therefore, do not care to waste my time reading such slop.

I don't know if I should be offended. You all are replying to my question like I write poetry like that. Hah, well, I don't. But it is a good question though. Which is why I brought it up. I read one great poem written in "Text" speak. If it wasn't written like that, it would be greater, but there are some great writers out there with amazing creativity that probably have trouble with grammar.

Practice makes perfect,
Someone.

Haha, aw, don't be so sensitive. I didn't even look to see who asked the question, all I cared about was answering it.

Maybe I will poke through your poetry now though.

Ahh, well good luck finding something interesting in there. Because there isn't.

Pssh, not so! Someone needs to slap some confidence into you, love!

Slap some confidence? I don't know about that one. It doesn't sound to good and it really isn't something that I would like to feel.

There is a booklet on the market, that is a great help to people who want to improve their writing. It will not fish out mistakes like "weather" when you really mean to say "whether" and such, but it is a guide to proper usage of interpunction, style and composition.

It is called The Elements Of Style ( fourth edition)
and it is written by William Strunk jr. and E. B. White.

ps: I didn't think you were referring to yourself at all. Why would I( or any other person) think that..it was just a question in general, right?

But how can you mess up your tenses if you care enough to go back and revise?

The book mentioned, "Elements of Style." My dad gave it to me and said it changed his life, but I haven't read it yet. I guess I ought to.

"Practice makes perfect,"

^No, no, no, no, no!!! Practice doesn't make perfect, it makes better.

Since perfect doesn't actually "exist," I think we should just use the word perfect to describe the thing closest to perfection.

I'm so tired of this back and forth nonsense...
Perfect.
Nothing's perfect.
OK EINSTEIN!!!! GOT IT, THANKS :)

Hi
Bye

The perfect way to control and dominate people is to have them thinking there is such a thing as perfection.

One should always strive to be himself and not live up to (un) written rules on what would be perfect. This applies to all aspect of our lives...Never forget that you have the power to set a NEW standard..just like others did, who were not afraid to let themselves be heard;)

I was talking about life in general here. In poetry you need basic rules on grammar, that goes without saying.

The people that have changed the world, people like Einstein, Darwin, Ghandi, Mandela, etc. are the ones I was referring to..people who dared to speak up and changed the standards of our society.

In poetry and art in general there are also people who dare to be avant garde and I applaud them on their bravery.

I for one like to write poetry in a certain structure that makes it pop and gives it a difference and a voice compared to other writers. I enjoy finding creative ways to write poetry, I don't even stay with-in the genre of poetry, I dabble in writing short story.

- Someone

When a poem doesn't have proper grammar, it bugs me. Lol. I'll stop reading it. And I'm pretty big on punctuation, so a poem with no punctuatiion bugs me. I don't know why. They just make the poem harder to read for me.

How dare you, Rikki! He may very well have been trying to seduce that bus! Good thing that error was there so you could clear up his sexual preference.

^^

Shouldn't "cleaner-uper" have two p's? I could be wrong..but it somehow reads so strange!

It is a wee bit nippley today. Down in the thirties, I believe.

Interesting how the topic went from Grammar, to being clean, to being cold. I love this place.

-someone

^ Oh boy.... Aren't you just a bundle of joy... Haha.

For me communicating is what its all about, if that is via text or grammatically correct so be it, getting people to write is the important thing I think.

The older we get the more you realize the importance of communication in any form

If we communicated more there would be fewer wars less bigotry, racialism, marriage break-ups you name it.

Me for me alone.....

Yep and still the British couldn't beat them

Rikki its a wonder you can get out of bed in the morning with all that baggage you carry around. you don't have a mortage on bad shit you know, we've all had our fair share.....

^Yep low blow that......Nicko you were plum mean lad.....and i still love you Rikki..

I love you all.

-Someone.

PS. I'm kiddng, I don't love you all. I don't know you. But I do respect you as much as a complete stranger can when confronted with another complete stranger.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Grammar in poetry is a device, never forget it ;).