It doesn't matter which sex wrote the poem, it's the sentiments of the poem. It's not expressing love for a person, it's objectification at its best. It's the worship of a whole slew of stereotypes, essentially delegating the scientific/worldly/logical role to the man, and the fresh/innocent/kindly role to the woman, and then worshiping that bundle of stereotypes. Of course we know people who "don't fit the stereotype," and that's exactly my point- we're all individuals. "Gender" is a faulty concept in itself, and is, at the very least, not something that's static and inherent to individuals, but a set of reactions to social expectations. But that's another story :P
If you want a poem that I consider really right on, romantic, and with considerable depth and understanding, check out No more Cliches (http://www.panhala.net/Archive/No_More_Cliches.html), by Octavio Paz.
(PS- none of this is meant as an attack on you, I hope you know and I'm sure you're awesome. You do dig poetry, and no one who digs poetry can be that bad :) It's just my issues with the poet)
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Date: 2007-06-14 04:39 am (UTC)It doesn't matter which sex wrote the poem, it's the sentiments of the poem. It's not expressing love for a person, it's objectification at its best. It's the worship of a whole slew of stereotypes, essentially delegating the scientific/worldly/logical role to the man, and the fresh/innocent/kindly role to the woman, and then worshiping that bundle of stereotypes. Of course we know people who "don't fit the stereotype," and that's exactly my point- we're all individuals. "Gender" is a faulty concept in itself, and is, at the very least, not something that's static and inherent to individuals, but a set of reactions to social expectations. But that's another story :P
If you want a poem that I consider really right on, romantic, and with considerable depth and understanding, check out No more Cliches (http://www.panhala.net/Archive/No_More_Cliches.html), by Octavio Paz.
(PS- none of this is meant as an attack on you, I hope you know and I'm sure you're awesome. You do dig poetry, and no one who digs poetry can be that bad :) It's just my issues with the poet)