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does emotional distortion / exaggeration invariably make a work angst-ridden and immature? writing is probably a more concise and definitive form of expression, but does any inclusion of emotion exclusively mean 'angst-ridden and immature'? you're very fortunate to have 2 hours a week for...

by high frequency do you mean they don't travel as far or something like that?

i'm not sure whether it's a reflection of the teacher or the work, but my teacher has really been supportive and open-minded about my work thus far, i'm looking forward to writing my reflection statement and pooling all my ideas together, but i can understand how after so many months of working...

cooledit pro is probably among the best editing tools to use for that sort of thing, although i guess it is hard to find really good recording equipment outside of school. if your school doesnt have a mixing board or anything, you could try a local radio station, their equipment is always at...

thats really interesting, that really does sound like a beat poet sort of philosophy back on the topic of titles though, has anyone found a title for their whole MW yet?

does that mean that without an initial title, its sort of more liberating in the sense that theres a real freedom of expression and that you can sort of take the poem anywhere you like?

i think it's been an amazing time. just to focus on the schoolwork might be a little bit of a bleak way to look at it

i've experienced a combination of both. some works i begin with a title, which is often derived from a line or stanza that is the origin of the poem, or sometimes i might finish a work and look for either an unrelated title or one that is based on an expression in the poem. I feel the title is...

wow, yeah, that is exactly the truth

teen angst might mean angst concerning issues prominent in teenagers, i'm not sure, someone can correct me if they feel i'm incorrect, but maybe people like The Used might be sort of exponents of teen angst, whereas maybe someone like Rob Thomas (on albums like yourself or someone like you) is...

yeah, sorry, i was meaning love poetry that had more of an infatuated tone about it, like some works of Keats or Yeats

yeah, i can understand that. i know it is difficult to describe really intense emotions like that without falling into trite expressions. its similar when trying to write love poetry

yeah, they struck me as sort of beat poet titles aswell, they look really similar to the titles on several of the poetry forums and things like that. it seems to have a real street feel to it, very strong connotations of words and activism about it, almost like de la rocha or someone like that

yeah, to stop a work becoming mundane i feel either your concept or the work itself must evolve. Admittedly, i had recently experienced a real feeling of banality in all my works, but i think if your concept is developing further, it enables your style to continue developing and doesnt leave you...

i feel it might depend on how you perceive your major work. continuity is important, since it can be difficult working sporadically, becuase your work might start to digress a little bit, but i myself havent always been writing every day, but i'm always recording things that might be useful, if...

big things can be achieved by breaking them down into smaller things...kind of cliche but i feel it's true. I've prevailed somewhat so far just giving 100% to every assessment that comes my way, i think i'm ranked 4th in my worst subject, so its worked out so far. i'm working on the basis that...

wow, they are really interesting titles, i have some perception of a real beatnik poet style, especially in titles like 'february 13' and 'for X'...is that Malcolm X by any chance?

wow, thankyou so much whiterabbit, it's really amazing to have those sorts of perceptions of my work. it's a little bit difficult to define my works purely through the titles, your association with all of them are very very close though, i won't reveal a lot of what i've written, but the real...

hey honestly, i would keep going, i'm kind of in the same sort of situation in the sense that ive written somewhere around 70 or 75 poems, and dont have any intention of stopping, even though my teacher has urged me to. I think this medium is a little bit different to a script or speech or...

i'm not sure how useful it might be, but it might be worth looking into performance poetry with MC's and other things like that. maybe look into pioneers like Scott Heron, curtis mayfield (i think he's a poet) or maybe even guys like the beastie boys. i think i might have already put the site up...