A Portion of My Podcast

This is a poem I recently wrote called “Her Eternal Love Prevails” which is dedicated to the self-defeating mechanisms who have, in one way or another, influenced the lives we now lead. All in all, the poem, though seemingly happy and upbeat when one first reads the title, is actually a sarcastic jab at the essential self of those mentioned in the poem as well as the reader. Basically, the gist is that if we strive too intensely to discover that which cannot be tamed, we ultimately lose ourselves because the essential self is bullshit and because there always exists, even if it’s not appealing, choice to do one thing or another. This, what could be described as an ominous tone, is merely a simpler sub-group to a greater genre of literary discourse perhaps most devoted to the beatnik style. There are copious genres that pervade the literary world, and there numbers grow (seemingly daily) as individual poets introduce a unique twist on an already established genre. This slight deviation allows for a different and unique form of interpretation which ultimately determines the newly established genre. So what effect does this have on online poetry blogs?
Poetry blogs seem to be set up in one of two different ways. It differs slightly from one to the next to be honest. The first method is for a blogger to stick to one particular genre within which he or she can incorporate many different styles. A blogger can choose, as many do, to introduce a subtitle to their poetry blog which informs the reader as to what sort of poetry, what genre the blogger is attempting to write within. In this manner, when an individual is searching through poetry blogs, he or she can determine immediately if the genre posted fits their taste or the particular mood they’re in at the time. If so, the individual can choose to read through the posts and interpret for himself if this blog contains something unique and relatable. If not, the individual can easily navigate away from the blog and start browsing through the next. Often times, poetry bloggers will add their site name to a list on a search engine dedicated strictly to online poetry. Often times, these search engines will ask the blogger to choose a genre making the process described earlier easier for a potential reader.
The second method is for a blogger to incorporate random genres throughout the blog from post to post depending upon the poet’s particular emotional state at the time of conception. This method would best describe my approach to poetry blogging since my mood tends to swing from one end of the spectrum to the next at any given moment. Posting in this manner may not be as appealing for potential readers simply because they aren’t sure what they’re getting themselves into, and because they may have to potentially read through several poems (instead of just one) to determine whether or not your approach is beneficial for their interpretational needs. At the same time though, the simple fact that a reader may find himself scanning multiple poems in order to make this determination, means that you, as the poet, are becoming noticed, no matter how miniscule the effect. You will find these “random genre” poems interspersed throughout other more methodically based blogs in online search engines, but possibly the best way for someone to find blogs such as these is to merely stumble upon them in the search literary wisdom.