Young Writers Society

HOLA PEOPLES!

I'm AbstractPoet, Abby for short. I'm a junior in high school with dreams of majoring in Creative Writing. Mostly I write poetry, but occasionally I turn a short story out.

I'm looking forward to reviewing and getting reviews. See you out there!

hey abby
what type of poetry do you write?
can't wait to see some of your work
~Bren~

Hey! So, Rosey's already covered the rules, so I'll go with colors. You'll notice that some members have differently colored names. Each of these colors has a role.

Blue: Greeters. They're supposed to make new members feel welcome, so don't worry about that. They'll answer any preliminary questions you have.

Purple: Instructors. Any time that you need an in-depth critique, you can ask them for help. I'm pretty sure that at least three of them specialize in poetry.

Light Green: Junior Moderators.

Dark Green: Moderators.

Red: Administrators.

Orange: Distinguished members of YWS.

So, that's it for colors. Hm, what hobbies do you have, besides writing? Music? Movies? I'd suggest going to the 'Groups' button up there, and searching for one you like. I think we have a group for poetry... I'll have to check on that. So, see ya around! Feel free to PM me if you have a question, need a review, or just want to chat. Bye!

Hey Abby,

Welcome to YWS.

You didn't tell us much about yourself. Like favorite books/authors/music/movies.

So what do you plan to write while you are here?

See ya around.

p.s: Pm me if you need anything and that including friendship.

Hey, Abby welcome! There are a ton of very good poets on this site, I'm sure you'll find a few people to discuss poet-y things with (poetry is not my forte). Anywhoot, just stick to the rules Rosey laid out and you'll know this place like the back of yo' hand in no time!

Good luck and happy writing,
Shannon

Wow! I didn't expect you all to be so very friendly!
Lets see if I can answer your questions.

Mostly I write Dramatic and Lyric poetry. I get my inspiration from random everyday life things. I can't rhyme to save my life, so my poetry is very free form.

I just love books. I don't think I have an absolute favorite. I read basically everything, from Jane Austen to Orson Scott Card. I love Jaclyn Moriarty, Tamora Pierce, Madeleine L'Engle, Stephanie Meyer, Scott Westerfeld, ect. Right now I'd have to say that my current favorite book is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. My favorite author is C.S. Lewis

I'm partial to Robert Frost by way of poetry. I also love Edward Taylor; Meditation 8 is one of the most beautiful poems that I've ever read. I also like Edgar Allen Poe's poetry and prose.

I've been playing the piano for 11 years. My favorite composer is Chopin. I love every single one of his preludes. Rachmaninoff, though a bit complicated for me, is another favorite. Grieg also.

Outside of classical music, I like Reliant K and Incubus.

By way of movies, anything remotely Hayao Miazaki goes. My favorite movie to this day is Howl's Moving Castle. It's also a really good book. I'm partial to superhero movies, too. Iron Man, Superman, Batman (Christian Bale, squee!). I also love the Narnia movies, which are also good books!

Mostly I'll probably post just poetry here, unless I feel the need to also share a short story.

Other random facts: I loved anything Disney. I'm addicted to Facebook. I'm on my school's newspaper. My favorite food is sushi. I like bubbles. And I have a weird sense of humor that I picked up from my dad.

I look forward to getting involved around here!

Chopin! I love playing him on piano.

Welcome to YWS! Do you like epic poetry? Ancient lyric poetry? *hugs book of Catullus*

-Sakura

Heh...to tell the truth, I could barely handle "Beowulf" when I had to read it my sophomore year. I mean, epic, ancient poetry is great and all, but I haven't discovered a love for it yet.
Maybe you could help me!

Ooh, Frost. I love his poetry. I remember a time when we were reciting one of his poems, and both of the really heavy guys were on one end of the stage. So, we were going:

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood-"

Bang! The stage collapsed on that side. Very fun to watch. Well, I gotta go for a while. See ya around sometime!

One day, and already 10 posts! Wow.

Hi and welcome, Abby! Me name's Lily.

I'm pretty good at making mismatching, corny rhymes - a.k.a., I suck at rhyming too. I don't critique poetry, though. I used to write it, but I'm not sure I should review anything I'm not so familiar with. Fiction is clearcut - I'll stick there for now.

I love short stories. When you post them, be sure to call me to join in the fun.

Most people here love Disney. Wait till you meet somebody with Simba as her avatar.

I got my slightly sadistic streak from my dad, too. Haha.

PM me if you need anything!

Cheers,
Lily.

LilyJamey wrote:Most people here love Disney. Wait till you meet somebody with Simba as her avatar.

That would be Demeter. She's Disney obsessed.

I like the old movies, and the princess stuff.

I'm actually going to be making my way over to Disneyland soon, so SQUEE!
haha, I'm super excited.

My current favorite (I always have to put current in there because I'm always changing my favorites) Frost poem is "Birches."

I'm considering putting an old-ish short story up that I know is kind of rough, but I'd like to make it better. I'll let you know if I do, Lily!

I get so many of my random quirks from my dad. I don't know what it is.