I'm not generally into poetry, which is why I found this article on it so interesting. Posting here is in no way intended to be a criticism of any...
For instance: is this just a selection of pretty words or does it mean anything to you? "The glace on the window shivers as the gale makes its...
I wrote a free verse poem recently that I was thinking I might post in the workshop, but it occurred to me that I'm not sure how one would...
This is another poetry book in progress for me. Just getting thoughts on whether people have an interest in this. I will be focusing on lesser...
Hello All, Thank you for reading my post! I appreciate any feedback you may provide for my journey in creative writing. I have recently been...
It would be really useful if a forum for general poetry discussion was added to the poetry section, as I believe any threads on the subject in the...
So I have a character and he's a poet. It's a major plot tool that I don't feel I can remove, but I personally cant write poems. I don't want to...
I say self-governing because I don't push it on anyone else. These are questions I ask myself during the poetry process. (When not just playing...
[ATTACH] The Valley that Calls is a collection of one hundred and twenty poems divided into sestinas, villanelles, pantoums and sonnets. The...
Forgive me if discussions about poetry are not allowed in here (I suspect this place is only for submissions) but Jim Jarmusch's latest film...
I was wondering if anyone knows of any modern day Epic Poetry. By modern I mean that it was recently published, and not published years upon years...
Okay, everybody ready to do some poetry challenges? This is a fun game I used to play. You don't have to worry about following a specific style....
Hello, My name is Richard and I used to be a member on here with a long forgotten account. Back then I used the forum to help motivate me to...
I'm working on a side project while I'm still editing my aspiring novel. I think it's a nice break. However, being new to this I don't how to...
I've just received and read my critiques from the poetry contest I won. Am I taking pleasure in the commendations and praise? Heck, no! I'm...
Today many writing experts tells us to practice brevity and shun verbosity. Do they mean that all expressions, when expanded are verbose? Are they...
Hello there, Can any of the poetry peeps unravel this line of poetry for me into its meter and foot? 'Come sit by me child and I will tell you...
I've never been one for prologues, I was always one to skip ahead and never care about it until I'd finished the book entirely. But I thought it...
I've been very fond of poetry all my life and since listening to progressive music where the song switches from 6/8 to 4/4 to 12/4 time signatures...
A question: in a poem, is it alright to liken the first-person (autobiographical, in this case) narrator to one figure in one stanza, and a second...
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