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1、Unit6HowtoWriteaRottenPoemwithAlmostNoEffortRichardHowey1Soyouwanttowriteapoem.You’vehadarottendayoranastoundingthoughtoracaraccidentorasqualidloveaffairandyouwanttorecorditforalltime.Youwanttoorganizethoseemotionsthatarepoundingthroughyourveins.Youhavesomethingtocommunicateviaapoembutyoudo
2、n’tknowwheretostart.2This,ofcourse,istheproblemwithpoetry.Mostpeoplefinditdifficulttowriteapoemsotheydon’teventry.What’sworse,theydon’tbotherreadinganypoemseither.Poetryhasbecomeanalmosttotallyforeignartformtomanyofus.Asaresult,seriouspoetseitherstarveorworkasaccountexecutives.Thereisnomidd
3、leground.Goodpoetsandpoemsarelostforeversimplybecausethereisnomarketforthem,nopeoplewhowritetheirownverseandseekoutfurtherinspirationfromotherbards.3Fortunately,thereisasolutionforthisproblem,asthereareforallimponderables.Theansweristomakeiteasyforeveryonetowriteatleastonepoeminhislife.Once
4、apersonhaswrittenapoem,ofwhateverquality,hewillfeelcomradeshipwithfellowpoetsand,hopefully,readtheirworks.Ideally,therewouldevolveaveritablesocietyofpoet-citizens,whichwouldelevatethequalityoflifeworldwide.Notonlythat,goodpoetscouldmakealivingforachange.4So,tobegin,haveyourpaperready.Youmus
5、tfirstunderstandthatthepoemyouwriteherewillnotbebrilliant.Itwon’tevenbemediocre.Butitwillbebetterthan50%ofallsonglyricsandatleastequaltooneofRodMcKuen’sbestefforts.Youwillbeinstructedhowtowriteafour-linepoembutthebasicstructurecanberepeatedatwilltocreateworksofepiclength.5Thefirstlineofyour
6、poemshouldstartandendwiththesewords:“Inthe—ofmymind.”Themiddlewordofthislineisoptional.Anywordwilldo.Itwouldbebestnottouseawordthathasbeenoverdone,suchas“windmills”or“gardens”or“playground.”Justthinkofasmanynounsasyoucanandseewhatfitsbest.Theruleofthumbistopickanounthatseemstotallyoutofcont
7、ext,suchas“filingcabinet”or“radiator”or“parkinglot.”Justremember,themoreunusualthenoun,themoreprofoundtheimage.6Thesecondlineshouldusetwoormoreofthehumansensesinaconflictingmanner,asperthefamous,“listentothewarm.”Thisisasurewaytoconjureup“poetic”feelinga
