Do you think Purim poems are cute?

mommy3b2c

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:18 am

Do you actually read them? Enjoy reading them? Do they make you cringe? Roll your eyes?

For me personally, I think they are silly and usually make me cringe. The rhyme scheme is usually awful, poems make no sense, half the words don’t rhyme, the whole thing feels forced and like someone is desperately trying to be cute but is failing. What’s your opinion?

HonesttoGod

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:23 am

Unless they’re like 3-4 lines and catchy I don’t really read them. No time for that when I’m heralding kids into s car or back into the house and avoiding candy being thrown everywhere etc etc

thunderstorm

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:23 am

I write Purim poems for me and for many other people. The feedback that I’ve always received was that the poem was the hit of my mishloach manos. I guess it depends on the writing and content. So yes, I appreciate reading and writing Purim poems.

hodeez

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:24 am

They make me feel inferior tbh. Why can't everyone just slap together some bissli and candy straws like me and call it a day 😅

meiravit

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:26 am

If they're short, max 8 lines, and well-written, they can be adorable.

I don't want to hear the entire megilla story re-written with your theme on 2 pages...

amother

Oak

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:28 am

I love them as long as they are short!! My mother’s friend always gave the oddest mishloach manos with a poem that summed it up was great.

amother

Salmon

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:31 am

Silly, you are kind. I say less kind than silly adjective. No, I do not read them. They go straight in the trash unless I know I will be quizzed on it later by the author. Then I set them aside to glance over so I can pass the test and said I read them and say how creative or amazing they were so I do not insult the author.

Being honest in a very straightforward way that I would not say irl. In case some of you are on the fence about pushing time and see how many do not care, so save yourself the bother.

To those who enjoy it, honestly I have seen 2 or 3 artistic types who do it well. But I enjoy your efforts at the mishloach manos & costumes much more.

watergirl

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:32 am

I love them. But if you don't like them, leave it out.

[ETA, I don’t write them but my daughter does for her own friends, she makes her own MM and includes it and they are meaningful and amazing!]

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flowerpower

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:36 am

If the font is catchy and the words are clear then I read them.
One year I made a poem that was actually very funny. People told me that they really enjoyed it and it made them laugh. I made it to tie in the costume one kid was wearing....
I usually dont make poems though

amother

Emerald

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:37 am

OMG. They are my favorite part.
In my house we get upwards of 60-70 shalach manos..we dont open any of them during the day, as we are too busy.
At night, when all the ruckus dies down, and the house is quiet, we sit down and open every shalach manos, look at what they gave, read the poems, talk about what the costumes were and how they matched (if they matched) and simultaneously sort the food.
My dds say this is the part they look forward to each year.

rising hero

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:38 am

I voted other. Those who can write and it comes easily to them, usually have cute poems. But to the rest of us I say just skip it.

rising hero

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:38 am

thunderstorm wrote:

Iirc, you're amazing at poems.

amother

Emerald

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:42 am

I'm like Hodeez, I don't do anything fancy, except I do give real food as opposed to bissli.
But I appreciate the creativity that others put in, and it adds to my simchas Yom Tov.

My advice is that if you enjoy writing poems, making a theme, matching your costume to the theme, then by all means, do it! But if it creates pressure and stress, skip it!. It's much more important to have simchas Yom tov than to stress about a poem.

amother

Beige

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:47 am

amother [ Emerald ] wrote:

This!

amother

Seagreen

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:51 am

hodeez wrote:

They make me feel inferior tbh. Why can't everyone just slap together some bissli and candy straws like me and call it a day 😅

I’m with you!

amother

Vermilion

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 9:59 am

For those who naturally write well and enjoy it - write a poem. A clever, well-written poem is cute.
Most I’ve seen are awful, feel forced, and if you’re killing yourself just to say you have a poem that only some people will read and all will quickly throw out anyhow, that’s just foolish and sad. Invest your time elsewhere. I don’t think anyone has ever disliked my MM due to lack of poem.

imasinger

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 10:09 am

Food disappears, words last. I love the good ones, and work hard on mine every year. I'm proud of them, even though they're long. I know at least some people look forward to seeing them, and tell me so. Others probably toss unread. Their loss.

amother

Royalblue

Tue, Feb 09 2021, 10:15 am

I'm willing to put up with cheesy poems on Purim. The day is meant to allow for a certain goofiness.

But poems as thank you notes or for any other occasion - please spare me. Totally cringe worthy.