RE: Who's a Poet?

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Sri Jampala wrote:

>	The question (still unanswered) of who are the great exponents of
>it today and what are the representative works of this genre is still
>important for anybody who wants to know about the state of the art of any
>art. Knowledge of past masters gives you only a sense of history. it is
>the current day practitioners that determine if it has a future.

With all due respect, all of us know that the art is not popular 
today. What I am saying is that it does not matter. What we have 
to consider is why? Are the present tastes the best ones? 
Should we bring everything to the average TG/G (telugu
guy or gal) or wish the avrage TG/G rise? Tomorrow
they may not like any poetry or literature. Then? Traditional
poetry is not suitable to present day problems not because of
its limitations but because people don't like it. It has its niche of
subjects but popular taste has changed. But we are
interested in limiting poetry only to certain social problems.
I do not venture to predict future.


>	All power to the people that write it, read it or enjoy it.
>I have no  problems with them. When I have a problem, it is with people
>who tell me that a) following old rules is the only way to write good
>poetry, b) that if I don't agree with a, I am denigrating our great
>heritage, c) that something is great just because it follows traditional
>rules, or d) that I cannot question or critically discuss the greatness of
>a chando-based work, its author or its proponents. 

Did someone say the above things? At least I never said
that that is the only way to write good poetry. In the days 
when I used to, I wrote and published significant nonchando 
poetry. I guess there is a 
misunderstanding here. Atleast, I agree with you fully.
What I think is one can say that chando poetry doesn't sell
well but not that you should not write. One should not use
distasteful (borrowing Pillalamarri Ramkrishna's word)
methods to ridicule any poetry, not just chando form or 
any point of view for that matter. Both have happened earlier.
If one likes Bhagavatam or ancient works or even recent 
ones of karuNaSree or jaashuvah, the basic taste and 
appreciation are still there. Excellent pieces are not 
written everyday. If they are written, why not read them too?
They may not be written if they are actively discouraged.

Regards,


Sridhara Rao

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