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RE: BAD POETRY IS TAKING OVER STEEMIT
It's only words and words are all I have… and beauty is in the eye/ear/mind of the subjective beholder!
It's only words and words are all I have… and beauty is in the eye/ear/mind of the subjective beholder!
To some extent the experience of beauty is subjective.. but only to some extent. There are objective standards to good and bad writing. There are things not to my taste, but I wouldn't call them bad. That's different than just plain bad. I think it's important we talk about this more so everyone here can improve together and we can really and truly create good art.
I believe you are are raising a valid point of concern re: Bad Poetry. Steemit is like the wild west with writers staking their early claim… repressed writers, deep and meaningful ones, shallow ones, random ones, etc… are people using the platform for a voice or just looking to make pennies from their posts? Perhaps there are some poems that are just plain bad but receive positive reinforcement from votes and rewards, creating a skewed sense of belief in the writer/poet… and some great posts receive little attention and votes… Perhaps an objective competency checklist would help? Addressing the principles of good writing skills? What will be some of the competencies on that checklist? Where will imagination and creativity fit into that "objective" checklist? I sense a new post brewing @kayclarity?