It would pay for all of us to be more well read in poetry. It's certainly inspiring to read great works of poetry; It can never hurt to expand...
Having read many of the recent poems in the Review Room, I have come across an interesting occurence. Very few are written in any set form, meter...
Ok, I don't know if anyone can help me with this sort of thing or not but I'm desperate and hoping that it will give me a start anyways....
Sometimes an idea grows in my mind and takes off at a tangent in directions not controlled by me. I pick up words and chew them over. I feel and...
I read several poems intending to offer an opinion but found I was completely at sea. I write poetry for children and all my poetry is humorous,...
I was recently speaking with a lady in the publishing industry after submitting some of my poetry and getting a knock back. She had contacted me...
Some people don't consider proems poetry, because it is written in paragraph form and sometimes depicts a story. Well, for one, paragraphs can...
Poetry.com is apparently quite a well known site. Has anybody submitted their work to this site? If so, have you been notified that you're a...
Personally I tend to take about 20 - 30 mins a piece. This is because of a few reasons. 1) I get a bit annoyed trying to refine and simply...
Below is a comment that Frost had made on a poem I had submitted in the poetry section titled "Just", and after reading his comments I have...
Free verse is poetry with no set meter and can be rhymed or unrhymed. Source: http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/24-free-verse.htm A good...
Blank verse is poetry that has been written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (thats five feet, with a foot being an unstressed beat followed by a...
here is where I would like to discuss and explain the four different types of meter. I hope that this helps you all out. The articles that I have...
Umm, hi everyone - first time I've been on this site (obviously) - don't have much to say right now... I'm 21, looking for a job and trying to...
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