| sī-kō-pə-ˈthä-lə-jē
|
svart
| you must be crazy to prefer | 1 |
mccartney over lennon | 2 |
sun over rain | 3 |
america over americana | 4 |
you must be insane to prefer | 5 |
jeff tweedy over jay farrar | 6 |
movies over films | 7 |
bravery over courage | 8 |
you've got to be nuts to prefer | 9 |
david gilmour over roger waters | 10 |
style over substance | 11 |
safety over truth | 12 |
you must be crazy to prefer | 13 |
music over silence | 14 |
pleasure over pain | 15 |
him over me | 16 |
|
29 Jul 10 |
Rated 9.4 (9.4) by 18 users.
Active (18): 2, 6, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10
Inactive (0):
(define the words in this poem)
(4 more poems by this author)
(4 users consider this poem a favorite)
|
Add A Comment:
|
Comments:
are you nuts?
; )
— fractalcore
humm, this is very good, but a little clogged in the middle, like it had one too many things on the list. but the idea is really good, says exactly what's what with that, and mostly says it directly as it should.
— bmikebauer
I knew the end would be good. This is the kind of poetry I used to write all the time.
maybe a line break between 15 and 16? not sure...that way it would give it a pause there. but then again, it may not need a pause. i liked it just the way i read it.
— mandolyn
I liked this a great deal. A perfect way of showing how you really feel with comparisons and then it leads up to the end and the audience realizes why you went through all those comparisons... for the grand THE ENDING. This is was great and poem all can relate to...ALL.
— psychofemale
Nice one.
— unknown
its hardly nutty to prefer gilmour over waters. i do. mostly.
gilmour for musicianship. waters for lyricism. perhaps.
— DeformedLion
anyway,
the poem did feel a little long. like the ending knew the beginning and wondered why it didn't just say hello in the first place. but, yes, it is well worked to.
— DeformedLion
:(
you want to get some ice cream?
— mandolyn
must be. i really loved this. :( ill pay, mandolyn
— Rss233
yes, it happened to me too.
14-16
— unknown
I like this.
And I also like that realize Wilco is highly overrated ;)
And why was it painful to be with you?
This is what you're saying, correct?
— unknown
She chose him because she had no taste.
— Empty
roger waters rules!!!!!!!!!!VV @@ @ @ @
!!!!
1!!!1!1111111!11!!!!!!!!!!!1111
— unknown
I'd wanna go out with a BIGGER BANG
something like - " that jerk
; &nbs p; over a catch like me"
but then there's no accounting for taste.
It's an entertaining write.
— Abracadabra
; &nbs p; - was a mouse virus, by the way.
— Abracadabra
Line 8 is interesting. Im thinking it over.
— unholy
i do think that last line could be packed with more punch...its WIDE open.
i agree with linus 100% regarding Roger vs David.
— jenakajoffer
I have no idea what the title means, but I like the lyrical content in this. It's simple and well-stated; a little TOO SIMPLE, but uniquely yours. The "you must be" - "you've got to be" - "you must be" pattern's repetition is a little overly done, but all in all, it works. Now about that title...care 2 indulge me? It almost reads "psycho-path-a-log-ic," but I'm not sure. :-)
— starr
Pschopathology!!!! Took me a while! :-)
— starr
good. no wonder you can't understand my posts. they're all very logical, but you have to know how to read logically and not for squirts.
— bmikebauer
Are you addressing ME in somebody else's creative space, Mike? If you ARE, shame on YOU and furthermore, if you reeled in about 400 words in some of your posts, they'd be that much more logical and comprehensible. Some of your posts are way too wordy and say absolutely nothing. You're only hearing sense in your own mind and from your OWN perspective. It doesn't read that way with others sadly.
— starr
starr, this white part isn't creative space, it's critical space.
— bmikebauer
Damn good write.
— unknown
I love this!
— Thundercat
you lost me at gilmour over waters. the rest was perfect.
— unknown
Well, you know I love Gilmour also.
— svart
parfaitement dit
— unknown
This is sweet and simple- emotional without being self-pitying, which is hard to do, so kudos. For some reason it made me think of an indie movie, a romantic one... pop culture references I suppose. My only beef is the title- I um, still haven't figured out what it says. It's seems slightly pretentious, which is not fitting for this very unpretentious poem.
P.S. Lennon > Mccartney
— eurydice
Oh, just read Starr's post about the title. Feel dense now. :)
— eurydice
NOT knocking this poem, oh wait I guess I am- sorry, BUT WHAT IN THE?
NUMBER ONE? Oh well that's TV for ya.
— unknown
very relevant and sweet
— manuka
pretty much nailed it.
— unknown
Somehow I knew the ending was coming, and yet, it is a snug fit.
— dionysus
DEEP
— unknown
this is awesome the way you've used preferences to build up to the ultimate preference him over me
tre cool indeedy ;0)
very sweet
— wintersun
ahhhh, yes... wow, amazing... if i could find you i would hug you right now... what a great peace... wow... i will forever hold a hug in my heart for you bc of this poem... wouldnt change a thing
— aven10
I would have liked it more with a line break between L15 and L16. To me this would have altered my experience of reading it to a more pleasant one. For example by the time I reached L 13 I thought: Here is yet another one. So it felt like listening to someone tell a story but was finding it difficult to come to the point and here the time you take to come to the point feels long and suddenly in the last line snaps in ones mind but is too short lived--at least for my taste. By creating a suspense between L15 and L16 with a line break I think it would have given my mind enough time to process what I had already read hence I might have gained a hunch to what the point is.
— Helgi
psychopathology?
— softyetharsh
This hits it for me..could have ended up as lists but doesn't ...i need to write more like this but alas i am trapped in Larry larkism
— larrylark
The list is a wee bit tiring. If I were to cut any of it, it would be lines 6 and 10, because they are not quite as iconic (to me) as mccartney and lennon, and really how many musical examples does one poem need?
Then think of the symbolism of 14 lines (think sonnet, think love--this is love).
The last three lines hit me like a taser.
— A
Good poem
I think she chose him because you are the one with poor taste
— pasnitro
|
|
|