Who else writes poems and why? Who still reads in the age of Netflix? Who else prints poems and which bookstore takes them for sale? A poem that went viral…

About all this very briefly, without publicity with famous or young poets.

“For me, poetry is a state of human grace. The fact that I am allowed to share a small part of this makes me happy and blessed. I have been addicted to poetry since I was a teenager and could not live without its bittersweet complicity,” the poets reason.

As we enter the age of artificial intelligence, I also wanted to know what ChatGPT thinks about poetry and creativity!

Corneliu Rodianu, 53 years old, engineer-designer

Q: Who still reads poetry today?

A: The only people who can read poetry today are those who write therapeutic poetry and students when they have homework, but there are also those whose childhoods were marked by certain authors who are difficult to match, the latter if their eyes fall on the text created by the exception of the phrase : all Romanians are poets, I find part of their experience, evaluate the relevant text at its fair value.

Therefore, the only readers of poetry in the true sense of the matter are those who know poetry as a form of knowledge, as a means of achieving this goal. They can express the only judgment about true poetry… and, of course, time, which remains the only critic of values

Iryna Lazar, senior advisor of CNA

Q: Which came first: the woman or the poem?

“If I say that there was a woman in the beginning, I risk sounding like a feminist and I don’t want to be put in that category. 🙂 I believe that poetry is ahead, ahead, where you find many things, among which a woman also has a place of honor.”

Stanka Church, 35 years of poetry

Q: Was there a moment when you had doubts, fatigue set in, and you thought you might give up, at least for a while?

A: Look, the first thirty-five years have passed since I wrote poetry! Where did you go, where did you go? Only God knows. You ask me if there was a moment when I said to myself: I’m tired, it’s not worth it anymore!

Perhaps there were such remnants, but I did not take them into account. I write for pleasure, with joy. The bubble of feelings I enter when I write (and when I read) poetry has nothing to do with the concrete, with the linearity of everyday existence. It simply absorbs me and transports me to a space and time that is not associated with fatigue and rejection.

Doubtful, yes. That doubt that keeps you searching. You do not doubt what you experienced in those moments, but you fear that you expressed too poorly what you were given to meet. They get tired only without a calling, crazy people. Natural – no. Have you seen fish that are tired of swimming? A mirror to hide the beauty of the face?

For me, poetry is a state of human grace. The fact that I am allowed to share a small part of it makes me happy and blessed. I’ve been addicted to poetry since I was a teenager, and I couldn’t live without its bittersweet complicity. Without her blessed burden. If I were thrown out the door of Poetry, I would return through the window. I would give their guards a magic potion and sneak past them and their dogs.

Violeta Anciu, real estate advisor

Q: Could a man better understand the woman in your poem?

R: Any two people can understand (each other) better if they open up and show a desire to know. Regardless of the gender of the author or recipient, poetry acts as a tool and/or channel of communication.

When it is present, it is essentially nothing more than a consequence of understanding and knowing in an ontological sense, so that any person can better understand any other person through poetry.

Daniel Hudici, psychology graduate

Q: Is it still possible to impress girls with poetry?

From what I’ve seen, yes they’re still shocked, but I think the context and profile of the person you’re referring to matters here. I don’t think we can talk about girls in general, but I can say that in my experience and the experience of others, the female gender has been interested in many ways, starting with poetry.

And I think it works because through poetry you can make an intellectual connection, or an emotional connection, or even both. Also, poetry is often something personal, you give a part of yourself to another person, even if it is a story about a personal experience, a political manifesto or just something abstract.

For example, at the poetry evenings we organize, a wide variety of poems are read: from established works to our own creations written in a free or technical style. And from what I’ve seen, the moment someone resonates with what someone else has recited, a connection is made, the two start talking (whether the affected person is a boy or a girl), and after that we don’t know , how far the connection works, but at least two unknown people connected through the poem.

Otherwise, yes, you still impress girls today with poetry, even if stereotypically it doesn’t seem like it (poetry can seem old-fashioned). It’s about how personal poetry becomes for both of you, as a tool to get to know each other.

Nicoleta Kreete, English teacher

Q: About the transfer of poetry to the Internet

“Let’s stop this nonsense that poetry should be kept in a chosen pen, surrounded by blue blood barbed wire and combed on the wings by the lyre of the chosen pokemon! Truth burns lonely and empty among feeble minds, as it does in all the world, and falsehood makes haste its rags, with rags at its feet to wash it away!

So let the poet/prophet scream, if you must scream, on Facebook and TikTok, and whoever listens will see. There is no place.”

Viktor Paraskiv-George Dragichi / 24 years old / English teacher (freelancer)

Q: Should poetry be “sold” to the public in a different way, keeping up with social media?

A: In short, yes – in “new” forms, adjacent or as a constituent part of a whole that goes beyond… words. Of course, you can argue about “well, it’s not poetry anymore, it’s commerce!”, but I think there are other black holes of thought that are worth exploring.

Specifically, I believe that poetry, like other forms of art, depends on contemporary circumstances: mainly the market, where the supply has a completely different order of magnitude than the demand. However, in essence, the procedure seems to me to be similar to one that has existed for hundreds of years:

• You refine a niche on the basis of which you collect, for example, fans on Patreon – you are paid monthly, according to the pattern of patronage;
• Combine text with audio and visual art in social media posts (“shows”) and monetize popularity with different conversion rates;
• You put lyrics to music or integrate them into a video, and with marketing you tap into the universal “content” market (strange word!). In this world, popularity doesn’t seem like the most inappropriate metric to base your value judgments on.

Janeta Yuga, Doctor of Philosophy, professor of Romanian language and literature

Q: Women’s poetry for men?

Everything – from the earth to the sky, a woman feels it! Over time, with age, the depth of this “pain” grows, and with it the beauty of the way of thinking about life. Even a woman finds it difficult to define in words what she feels, what absorbs her, what worries her or elevates her.

Think about God; is it possible to know him without descending and ascending all the steps given to us? And even then I don’t think we could claim to know him completely. So it is with the Woman.

What is the woman thinking about?

A woman believes that she can heal everyone, like a shaman, except herself. It is more difficult to cure it, it means successive transformations, deaths and rebirths before reaching the essence and realizing it.

Does Janet Yuga’s poetry change the male dilemma or exacerbate it?

This is also a mystery to me. Men have to read me through the filter of their own experience, and then confess which of the women in me they got to know better through the prism of reading. Depending on the woman he discovers, the dilemma either deepens or disappears.

Oprisor Alexandru/ 23 years old / Student and bookseller in Carturesti

Q: How do you keep reading when you are bombarded with so many other opportunities and pastimes?

A: Well, I don’t think one should necessarily read poetry. But if you do, it’s probably because you’re looking for a certain state that you can’t get anywhere else, at least at this point. And it’s probably important that you look more bohemian and cool, but it also depends on the circles you’re running through.

For example, I regularly organize poetry evenings with two other friends. To the people who come to these nights, you definitely look cooler if you can write, read, recite and listen to poetry. But I would not argue with the fact that it happens in all groups, nor with the fact that it is the main reason why young people read.

Anyway, I don’t think poetry and streaming are mutually exclusive, or rather, I don’t think poetry is in a mutually exclusive relationship with anything. I guarantee that if you have time to watch an episode of a cool series, you will also have time to read a few lines from a book of poetry or from the Internet, but the mood should also be there.

I don’t know how this mood arises, it’s just that sometimes poetry seems to be the only juicy thing to bring pleasure. But wait a minute, I told you.

Marian B, Oltei poet among Moldovans

Q: Why are these people crazy about poetry?

A: It’s about… threads! I’m a complete boil! Their poetry also gives a special calm in the excitement. A tear cuts, and its whistle is a song! Only the trill of forest birds can still be felt!

ChatGPT, the latest public toy and the horror of many

Q: Chat GPT, pdoes he still read poetry in Romania?

A: Yes, people in Romania still read poetry, and it continues to be an important part of the country’s cultural heritage. Romania has a rich history of poetry, dating back to antiquity, with the Dacians, and continuing into the Middle Ages and into the modern era with writers such as Mihai Eminescu, Ion Creange and Nikita Stanescu.

In Romania, poetry is widely read and appreciated by all ages and social classes.

Numerous festivals and literary events dedicated to poetry are held throughout the country, and poets are still considered important figures in Romanian culture. In addition, there are numerous magazines and literary publications devoted to poetry, such as “Vatra”, “Luceafărul” and “Poezia”.

These magazines represent both established and emerging poets and provide a platform for new voices in Romanian poetry. Overall, poetry remains a vital and important part of Romania’s cultural landscape, and continues to be valued and celebrated by many in the country.

Here is also a short poem about sadness from ChatGTP

Sadness hits like cold rain

It slowly crept into my heart.

Everything hurts, nothing passes me by

I drowned in a sea of ​​tears.

It’s hard to feel so small

In the face of life and senseless pain.

A mountain of burden on the soul has risen,

So I feel like I can’t breathe anymore.

But this sadness will pass too,

He will easily go and leave behind.

Light, hope, strength and will,

A new day will be born, may it bring us happiness.

PS Poets heaved a sigh of relief.. for now 🙂