Correct spelling and grammar

  • milly
    18 years ago

    This could be just me being totally unreasonable, but... does it annoy anybody else when so called 'poets' can't spell or use grammar correctly? Also when people make silly comments about not knowing what relatively simple words mean. I believe that poetry is an art form and to that effect; every effort should be made to 'do it right:' That people who post poems or comments incorrectly spelt are not respecting poetry as a discipline, as opposed to a vent. Does anyone agree, or am I completely out of line? (obviously anybody who has dyslexia or another spellling difficulty disorder is excluded from these comments...I'm not trying to be harsh!)

  • shana
    18 years ago

    Personally spelling can be related in different ways,...
    Sometimes in poems you just want to say things just the way they are.. that you are feeling, how they sounded to you and your state of mind at that point..
    Alot of poets and many that I have read use words that they are not suppose too
    then it makes it even better as you know for a fact that it is not polished or written to someone's satisfaction but it is one's thought at that appointed time...
    Its kinda harsh to knock someone for a trival thing as spelling, take the time to read the poem as it is, then for sure you'll see the beauty of it expressed in whatever grammar or form, then you will see for yourself... quit finding faults... :-)

    Its not a contest, its thoughts!

    Shonnette