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You might get some takers if you did it in a college town, but as you probably know poetry is not exactly the hottest selling genre of literature... and finding
by pmoriarty 5y ago
You might get some takers if you did it in a college town, but as you probably know poetry is not exactly the hottest selling genre of literature... and finding people that read at all is hard enough.
You'd probably have a much easier time offering to write dirty jokes.. or juggling.
What people want on the streets is a spectacle... the louder and more garish the better.
- Jun8 5y agoI hear you; however, one rarely gets a literary piece, let alone poetry, created specifically for them. To His Coy Mistress may sound formulaic and drab, but what if you are Mary Villiers, who Marvell was tutoring at the time and probably addressed in the poem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Villiers,_Duchess_of_Buckingham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Villiers,_Duchess_of_Buck...)? You probably would view it differently.
- pmoriarty 5y agoGive it a try, and please report back. It'll be interesting to hear what your experience is.
- cosmicglee 5y agoThis is a sadly accurate comment. Please pass the hemlock.