Cliche poems?

Did anybody say that your poems are cliche?

Cliche are phrases that are used too often.

Such as "Kiss of Death"
Go to this site and type in a word you use often, such as "soft"

You'll be surprised. I didn't realize how many common phrases I was using in my poems.

http://www.westegg.com/cliche/search.cgi?query=love

haha

The thing about cliches is they're often borne of reason.

Breath and death. Life and strife. Teenage and rage. Porridge and forage. Orange and syringe.

They all rhyme for a reason: and it's to make a poet's life easier.

Now I'm off to bed, to rest my weary head.

I use cliches all the time and sometimes they're good but other times they're not.
Pink elephants are such a cliche. (sorry random)

Pip xxx

i think sometimes cliches make a poem work it makes them traditional and seem more real xxx alex xxx

I've been accused of using cliches before, and personally, I couldn't care less.

I'll admit it, I do use them, and quite frequently at that.

Here's my opinion about it all:

I have some very wierd writing habits (most come from outside influences), and one of them is to use cliches. Some of my poems, in fact, are entirely composed of cliches but I myself do this on purpose. I find that cliches catch people's attention, and that's why I use them. So I guess the people who might say things like: "You used too many cliches, I didn't like it" or "It was very unoriginal" are just being caught by me. Haha, I guess they're too busy being critics to realize the purpose behind my writing. Lol.

Don't worry about using cliches, they're almost impossible to avoid.

I agree with Jordan.. that's all I have to say at the moment...

Actually, I think today's poems need something more than cliches, or to generalize further - to write something and avoid phrases called "abstractions".

For example - Kiss of death, sad heart, floating free just to name a few - these don't reach the reader, though it may mean alot to the writer. This doesn't necessarily make a poem.

If it sounds like a diary entry or Hallmark card, that's how it will be taken. If you want the reader to truly experince what you have experienced...you cannot refer to overused phrases and meaningless terms (cold eyes, evil smile, love of my life, etc...)

~ YetiMan

I think that, as long as the poem is written from the heart it will catch the reader's attention because it is TRUE. Not some made up feeling but GENUINE. That shows through more than any word could.

I don't believe that it is necessary for a poem to be genuine.

Off topic, I know.

And now back to the topic.....CLICHE!

I haven't heard it from anyone, but I know that a coulple have a touch of cliche.. yet almost every writer has that:)

There is a difference between using cliches in your writing, and the entire poem becoming a cliche. This is when I will point it out in a comment

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yeah oh thats so true.. i looked up ''rag doll'' and like 15 showed:| lol

yeah, true, some cliches come out of reason, great truths, yada, yada

but

"more noisy than two skeletons making love on a tin roof"

who would use that once? let alone enough to make it a cliche?

I feed on cliche.

By saying that, I gained about 5 million enemies. Lol. Cliches are the misfits of writing. Hahah.

i spose i do that alot! lol! thanks for bringing that up! i'll change stuff now! hehe

Yeah, Jordan, I suppose I have that appetite too.

but only to build on it and produce something marginally better

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or total crap.

we all use them at some point...why fight it when you probably use them!!

let it go people. cliches are here to stay!! we're here! we're cliches! get used to it

haha
kat - xox

Cliches, especially in rhyming poems can be the death of a good poem.As an experienced and extensively published poet, I can honestly say cliches are a bad thing.The mark of originality is born in unique comparisons, in new words and metaphors and meanings.Most publishers avoid and abhor cliche lines/ works,Be original-come up with new comparisons, metaphors, similies.So much has been done to death that it loses meaning.Be original and unique.Your poetry will be so much the better for it.Always seek the step beyond the ordinary.

Peace, Poetry & Power,

Gary Jurechka

I wonder what french word is for cliche
John

cliche poems can be a little irritating, whether it be the subject of the poem and the way u've written it, or just a cliche sentence.

for example, if i read 'crimson tears' or 'a river of tears' again, i'm gonna cry myself. teehee

or poems that are like, 'you broke my heart, now i turn to my knife, to hide the pain, i hate life'.