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er, bump?

"You have to be able to understand the concept of the poem you are writing, and fully understand the emotions coming from it," I hope you don't mean before the ...

art doesn't mimic life--it's the other way around.

Most people think that poetry is free-flowing words, pouring out like water from an urn. Really, nothing could be further from the truth. Poetry has rules and if you break ...

reading poetry is only generally useful when you can distinguish the good from the bad--and even more so when you can decipher the why s behind this.

I would like to offer the suggestion that should ever find yourself flipping through a thesaurus while writing a poem, you put both of them down and read some good ...

the following are all old, but those above are older still, so I figured a sort of updating is necessary. uhhhh, I think that's enough for now.

I admit right now that I didn't read through this thread, so I'll just jump in with my experiences :p I participated in NaPo last year, and it helped me ...

I bought her collected poems today. just thought you all should know used bookstores = love

"Where's your homework?" "Uh...where's yours?" "B...wa...I'm the teacher! That's completely irrelevant!" "Whatever, hypocrite *walks off* "

Gwen....how did you find this thread? :shock: Anyway, though I doubt you're aroudn anymore, the photo is distinct and striking. Excellent job on that.

Abstract is good and fine, but it's generally a good idea to have a purpose or reason behind it. Still, an interesting piece!

All except for Paulsies, who's is from mid-early years :p Thanks for the feedback! It's too late to fix the chin and hair, but I'll definitely keep that in mind ...

it used to be I would think of a line or two and just write those down and build off them. But in the past few months, I haven't been ...

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