something euclidean

American Gods - Neil Gaiman His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury [published in the sixties, so it makes the mark] If On ...

I like the "talk to the hand" reference and the title tons. I get such a kick out of this poem I'm not sure I have anything serious to say ...

I appreciate the crit, Ed. :] (ps: life gets easier if you just call me B.) I just realized I made a mistake with the second-to-last line, the break is ...

agreed with whence on the last point: when repetition works it's often when new meanings or ideas are connected with the same words. Take a look at this poem: Villanelle ...

size doesn't matter, it's how you use it. Dumb jokes aside: small poetry can be very nice, but it has to be condensed. You need to pack a lot into ...

The rhyme scheme is majorly limiting this, especially since the first 11 lines have the same rhyme, and the rhymes are all simple and one-syllable. It is really bloody hard ...

Claudette's advice is stellar. The only thing I have to add [besides maybe a bold on read ] is to watch out for redundancy/repetition. What could have been an interesting ...

I miss that being who writes ghazals and trains them together with string doesn't look at us mere mortals, hides in a cape trailing strings -- A light-footed nightingale, drawing ...

I always found that wikipedia was good for a general overview as well as some details; any books or essays or authors quoted/made reference to in the articles are always ...

She's in it for the rain, God knows she is. She's what made the clouds go away, make sure you don't miss -ouuut First two lines make a strong, if ...

hey, i'd like to meet someone legitamately sketchy. I've never seen anybody in real life who was made up of loose, indistinct artistic lines; I think it would be an ...

. As much as this is heartfelt it doesn't make sense to us, the readers; it probably only makes sense to you. What does it mean, "me"? What are you ...

Hey Mr. Box: good to see you're recognizable from the first sentence of your intro. even though I read the whole thing. ;]

I agree with snoink: figure out which of these you like best and work with that one, or two, or three. And try and find a connection between the function ...