What do you look for in a poem ?

Well influenced by your comments on my blog, I started thinking away from Rhymes, but rhyming words have always attracted me..

but they seriously make writing good poetry hard because the restrict word-choices ! unless one is Wordsworth, it is generally good to start with free , unbound verse.

Nishkam you can use the Reply button below everyone's Pic on the left to reply.

Yep, I am inspired by Wordsworth and Daffodils is one poem that I can still recite even though i learnt it in school way back in '95. I am no where near to what he was, not even considered to be compared to him. But for me, poems mean a bunch of rhyming sentenses with tons of meaning in it

I like reading poems that do not force us to refer to a dictionary and those poems that makes us relaxed , something related to life.

Naked honesty is always good in artistic expression.

@Pundit

naked honesty is good but not all people appreciate or accept it.nakedness is offensive to many people.

I like poems that, in a simplistic way, convey the intended thoughts and connect with my heart and bring out a spontaneous reaction from me after reading it!

Agree!

so we go for simple spontaneousness.however the thing about dictionaries is largely relative.a native speaker for example, might be comfortable with a level which might be way out of a speaker who has recieved mere instruction.Cultural idioms matter too, certain phrases in english dont make sense to us because they belong to a different cultural context.Audience matters then, point taken!

@Arti:  +1

@ ahimaz thanks for the info.i thought post-modern was about metafiction and surrealism, i will check this out.

It's really all that and more. It's not exclusive to postmodern I'd like to believe. The title I had in mind when saying poetry and prose in one is Zero Degree (author: Charu Nivedita). Caveat: It's transgressive to the core.

Here's a link to Prakalpana World that might be of interest.

I like all kinds of poems!! some of them very well touch our soul!! i love to read poems than prose!! some of the poems are so much deep that everytime we read it we find a new meaning revealed!! that is what i call the beauty of a poem!! its should have so much inner meanings too so that everytime you read you get a new concept hidden behind!! it shouldnt talk all direct!! then there is no thrill!! you read more you find more in it!! somethin of that sort!! 

another kind is the simple poems!! which would be easy to understand!! beautiful to read!! and that would easily convey the concept..still i like the first set more!! though i have never been able to write one of that kind! sigh!! someday i would write something of that sort!! hopefully  

i feel poetry that emerges from the soul conveys directly to the hearts of others.All other things can follow, but a poem needs to be tempered in the emotions of of the heart and emerge from creativtiy, it will readily strike a chord with the listener!