I don't think I've ever written a poem whose intention was just to be funny. I've written poems that start out funny and often shift into something more serious.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
I think humor can be an effective way of getting the point across, but there are definitely times where I just write very earnestly.
I was intentionally curbing the impulse to be funny and hiding the ability. I wrote any number of very serious attempts at poems, short stories, novels - horrible. At a certain point, I recognized that it was fun to write dialogue that had a degree of lightness and humor.
Humor writing is something that comes naturally to me.
Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.
I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything fantastical to become relatable.
The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour, and some of them do keep it out of their poems because they're afraid of being seen as light versifiers.
When I'm with other people who inspire my silliness or sense of humor, I'm funny. When I sit down to write, it's hard not to be funny.
I try to write as serious as possible, and then a joke slips in.
And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny.