why do so many poems on this site look like song lyrics

omg?!

OMG?!?!

Just say "oh my god"

Though that in itself sounds retarded...

So say "holy shit," or "my fucking hell."

Be creative...

I think you should criticise your own poetry Born its not exactly original :oP

Yeah I just think its an unfair statement really - cause your poetry is similar to many other poems on this site too - so is alot of mine - only I'm not the one posting threads about it so my poetry isn't really the topic at hand. I'll admit you do have some great poems that are unique - yes - I will not take that away from you Born.
But the larger majority are just like the poems your bitching about...JPM jas a great point try looking for some of the greats. Personally love Maya Angelou and Tupac Shakur, you should read their work :o)

I write mostly songs.

However, Eirisa has a point, your poetry isn't the most original either.

~Ciao Lipton

It might be because people are scared to go out of their way to write something more original, or something they don't usually write, because they don't know what kind of response they'll get from everyone else.

People write with what they feel comfortable with, like eirisa said your poems are good but unoriginal, sometimes poems are good when written in that stanza

I don't write songs because I feel I must fit in. I write songs because I love music.

Yes. there are people that repeat the same thing over and over, only saying it in a different way each time.

I slit my wrists,
I bleed for you,
I scream for you,
The blood is endless,
My pain won't stop growing,
I love you, but you hate me.
Blahblahblahblah...

That's not a song.

~Ciao Lipton

Thats a good point Mr Plain about the Idol Syndrome - damn good point

Its all about learning I think - not boasting Born and thats where you failed to communicate your point successfully.

See I admit alot of my poetry is unoriginal, with typical rhyming schemes and sometimes is pure crap - I don't go around bragging about my poetry. I simply post here in PNQ to IMPROVE myself as a writer and to improve my writing. When I read back to the first few poems I posted here, and my more recent ones I can see myself how much I have grown as writer and how much I have learnt from people within PNQ who were bothered enough to give me feedback.
The thing you have to realise Born - is that music is a form of inspiration for most of us. Some peoples poetry (including a few of my own pieces) are going to be musically inspired - now you can appreciate that hun and try to ensure thats NOT how your own poetry appears to your readers if it bothers you that much OR you can continue to whinge and bitch about it within the forums knowing you won't achieve an outcome. My advice is to worry about your own work a lil more and the work of others a fair bit less...

I think that most poems are in the song writing form. It doesn't have to be all that though. Yes, alot of poems are about depression and cutting and misserable lives. But not all the poems are like that. You can find many other poems out there. Back to the song writing form of poetry. A song can be poetry. And even though most people don't think they write it that way, they do. I write alot of my poems like that. So, just look around to mind different poems

Catherine - what the? LOL :OS

Yeah, my poems are like songs. Sorry, but One of my lifelong dreams is to be a songwriter. Not with music, just write lyrics for artists who can't write lyrics, but can sing okay, or even artists who can't sing but want to. I've been credited for some indy stuff already. Unfortunately, not yet paid. but, hey, I can crank these things out like clockwork. it's nothing to me.

Originality is something extraordinary. It comes to many in the form of a verse..then gets written down with additional sayings and behold, a poem. An original Poem. Many people on this site should just mind their own business...it's a website for people to express themselves...Born did that ...and so will I...
"Who the Hell cares!"
Btw....I try to write my poetry from other people's perspectives AND my own...Hope you enjoy my OWN form of Originality....IE. "When Religion Turns Evil..."
Anyway...Good point Born2die...good point...

I'm not on anyone's side here, but what is there to write that hasn't already been written? I mean, c'mon! Yea... it's the same old thing, but yet, if you read all this, and you think it's good, you want to write something like it and you just can't get it out of your mind. Although, how ARE you supposed to write things that haven't already been written? It's not like poetry has been created about 5 years ago, everyone has a creative side to them and they want to express, it's kinda stupid that some don't write what they feel because they want to fit in, how can you "fit in" in POETRY!? C'mon people, think logically here, no one cares what it is you write, it's the way you express it, if you're careless about it, then they won't give a damn, if not, then they'll take the time to read it. However, things are repeated because so many people try to show how they feel, and maybe love or depression because too small of a subject for them, so they write same things over. I wrote a poem called "Over and Over Again" and I'm sure that the comment was referred to me, but I didn't call it that because of the song, that song is shit, and I don't really give a damn about what the hell it's called, my poems have their names from what they're about, and yea, sometimes you got to think about what the title has to do with it, but that's just thinking. People write from personal experiance, and it's not their fault that SOMEHOW they might've had the same experiance as another one. Yes, it get's boring, but why bother reading more when you've had enough?

JPM:

Well it's kinda hard thinking about what to write, and when I think of it, I can't really finish it, because the subject of it are so small I guess... I mean, I don't know... I think love and depression are two wide subjects that you can express in many ways, but then again, that's a good point, maybe I DO limit my thinking...thanks

I once had a teacher tell me that poetry is everywhere. She attempted to demonstrate this using the lyrics of "Skater Boy" by Avril Lavigne.

I hope she got fired.

Song lyrics can have poetic elements to them, but they are not necessarily poems. Poems on this site that look like song lyrics generally don't even have these poetic elements. As a personal preference, I would prefer to read poetry composed in a post-modern, free verse style, with use of poetic techniques other than rhyme.

As for subject matter, there is a limitless way of expressing new ideas in new forms with new interpretations to be made. We're talking inspiration, not fossil fuels.

-paperdoll

Actually.. most of my "poems" are songs. I like writing this way better, and reading this way better. Sure... writing in stanzas, and what not is nice, and it might be more intellectual and sophisticated, but in the end it's the words that matter, not how it's written.

i Definetly agree with sam. A Variety will make people want to read your poetry. Thats what I do, it just makes people enjoy one writers site, alone. :)

Regards,
Hina~

But when you're writing about what you think people want to hear... then you're not really doing it for you, you can't really enjoy is much, that's my thought though...

1. For some people it is about expressing your feelings in the way that comes easiest, not perfecting it and making it a masterwork

2. Not everyone can write like that

3. If you don't want to read a poem that's about bloody tears or cutting wrists then i suggest you don't go in the sad, depression category and dont go on anything that sounds like it will be about that. No one is forcing you to read those poems!

-ellie

ehr, sylvia plath...no...too melodramatic...but she's easier to comprehend then her husband's poetry. my favorite non-rhyming poetry, prose, probably William Burroughs. or William Carlos Williams.

and born2die4pride09: I don't know if my stuff is any good. That's a relative term that I only trust fans, critics and publishers to decide.

Because most of the poems on this site rhyme?! Maybe thats it!! Coz songs rhyme.. so do poems.. Hey Presto xD ahhh

read my poem Freedom

has nothing to do with any of the things you've mentioned.