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Thanks Adriel for the response, I appreciate it and put some new fresh perspective on the issue. I already finished that class but I still remember one thing that the prof. said in his defense. He elaborated on the idea that appreciation of poetry, when based on knowledge of poetry, has two lenses if you will. There's the rose colored lenses when you look at a poem with romantic knowledge and there is the other lense of what he calls classical knowledge. He said that most people look at poetry through romantic knowledge which consists of what sounds superficially "good" or euphonic as a whole whether it has a great catchy rhyme scheme and so on. this would be what mainstream would represent, whatever popular opinion deems "good poetry" is simply because romantic knowledge caters to that type of poetry and most people aren't poetry professors so most people just have that romantic knowledge. Then, he argued, that the next level of knowledge is classical knowledge which I'm sure you could guess what it implies. When one looks at poetry using classical knowledge such as what is seen in well, the classics (iambic pentameter, super complicated rhyme scheme, etc.) then one can truly appreciate "good poetry" in classical terms. Anyways, I though I'd throw that out to see how you guys could respond. I think he makes a good point and I also think you made a good point about if you put your heart into it. The thing about your point is that I find an issue with it in that well I don't believe that everyone who tries with all their heart and soul to write a good poem is going to produce a good poem. I don't mean to be cynical or anything but I think that perhaps not everyone that tries poetry is meant to write poetry, yknow what I mean? Just like everyone that sings in their car,with all their heart and soul like me, isn't meant to put out an album, like me, hehe. But anyways I thought that I would throw that out for yall. Hope to hear from you soon and God bless!

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Chilled at your workshop at Depaul University in Chicago. Keep doing it big both for the culture and for NorCal. Stockton Cali on mine. Peace

Its Jean Grae, Blackalicious, Freestyle fellowship, style too me of poetic harmony. I just looked ya'll up and Realness and heart pounding verbals are withins ones upbringing. Keep it fresh and always Ill-Literacy.

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whats up yall, just showing some love. one thing though real quick, my english prof. had the audacity to say that spoken word isn't poetry. How would you guys respond?

you guys were so dope at Berkley. style blew me away. opening the floor for spoken word..felt its dimensions through the way you guys transcended your individuality...it was real inspirational. thank you.