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By st4945
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16 December 2007 |
I was at one stage in my education asked to define creativity. All contributors on this wonderful site are creative and I guess everyone who ever attended school was asked to be and at some stage became creative. But how do you define it? I attempted to but felt that I couldn't do it justice. Then I thought of the first line of the second verse of the poem and created the rest of the poem from that. I have only recently discovered an ability of sorts in poetry. But here goes.
It's a newly invented cheese, a Wayne Rooney strike.
A song from McCartney, a Cole Porter tune.
It's an Apollo rocket that took man to the moon.
It's a Shakespeare play and an Einstein theory.
Or a Picasso picture and an Enid Blyton story.
It's a bright child thinking, " I can do that."
Then, folding the paper into a new party hat.
It's a dish from Jamie or a meal cooked by Blanc,
an outfit from Westwood or a new Chieftain tank.
It's a film from Spielburg, a Stephen King book
and the new design of an Eddie Stobart truck.
It's nature's sheer beauty, the oceans and seas.
The sands of the desert, the birds and the bees.
Creativity is anything you want it to be.
It's all in the minds of you...and me. |
Written by Josie (2844 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | | What a good subject for a poem, and you have dealt with it very thoroughly. However I have to add that a painting by Josie would not be classed as creative as I was a GCE failure, and for a good reason. I sometimes think creativity involves divine intervention. I've heard others say this too. Very strange, but understandable. How well your poem blends with the one before about beauty. Did you get together on this? | Creativity
Written by st4945 (3 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | | Thanks for the positive response Josie. I read the one on beauty so simple yet so effective. And no we didn't collaborate as I am totally new on this site. In fact you are the first person I have connected with here. | !!!!
Written by vparakala (13 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | Loved the approach. Just loved it! So far, mine's been a shitty day. The only thing that brought a smile around here.
Thanks for a good read.  |
Written by st4945 (3 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | | Thanks mate. Hope the day gets better. You might also like Maureen in short stories. |
Written by Phil (6951 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | Good idea - interesting how some creativity produces machines to destroy others. The last verse (for me) far from describing creativity, gives the impetus for it.
I think the bouncy rhythm suited this.
Phil
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Written by Fledermaus (3470 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | Nice poem Yes, al lot of creativity all around.
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Written by maipenrai (784 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | Interesting and on the whole positive write.
re Schools, glad to see you atteneded a different type from mine.
we were classed as thicko's right from primary school, meat for the mines and factorys or fodder for the army to take in and grind down, life goes on though and sometimes , sometimes you beat the bastards by , living a life. |
Written by Ghost (21 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | Very Good Poem
It would be even better in my eyes, if you changed
a Wayne Rooney strike
to a Rolando Bianchi strike 
Good writing all the same | Fab
Written by punchy (533 comments posted) 16th December 2007 | Nice one, liked it!  | Very, very difficult ...
Written by fellpony (1700 comments posted) 17th December 2007 | ... to define such a wide ranging quality. I spent a year studying it for my teaching degree when it was a must-have for a literature teacher to promote "creativity". I was very nearly reduced to tears by the breadth of value the tutor wanted to give to "creativity" - anything from using a milkbottle for sex, to producing a nuclear bomb. So, you're right, it can be anything you want it to be, which automatically makes it a serious bone of contention because nobody else will view it in quite the same light
Technical remarks: metrically not quite even, but the rhymes come neatly and don't appear forced. The ideas work fine to support your wide view and the conclusion is - not new of course (see above) but quite effective. |
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