Have you ever watched or attended any poetry performances? Do you remember Def Poetry?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:04:52 -0400

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Oct 13 at 2015 1:08 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:08:54 -0400

Years ago I watched several Shakespeare plays performed. They are each filled with poetry SGT Private RallyPoint Member. I have seen aspiring poets recite their poetry at bookstores.
I expect most of us remember the crude poetry that was displayed on bathroom and latrine walls in the previous decades when wooden latrines existed :-)
As to your second question, I have never seen or even heard of Def Poetry.
The first thought that came to mind was Def Leopard :-)

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 13 at 2015 1:25 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:25:35 -0400

My favorite was Lemon.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 13 at 2015 1:51 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:51:57 -0400

Def Poetry? Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long long time. A long time.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 13 at 2015 4:27 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:27:37 -0400

I have a funny story about a young soldier reciting poetry at our Unit Christmas party. His poem was about a 9 year old boy and it was going OK until he mentioned his father being shot and bleeding out. I assumed that someone would have screened his poem. I pulled him over and said there is a time and place for everything, and this was not the time. I laughed then told him it was a good poem.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Oct 13 at 2015 6:40 PM

CPT Jack Durish — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:40:13 -0400

Sadly the only poetry reading I ever attended outside a classroom was in a coffee house during the Beat Generation. Sadly, it really put me off poetry for a long time. It also put me off unwashed humanity and condemned buildings...