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How-tos for all things poetry; learn how to analyze a poem, construct a haiko, differentiate between a metaphor and simile and more.
How to Write and Deliver a Remarkable Spoken Word Piece
This guide will show you the steps to write and perform poetry like a Spoken Word artist. You will learn how perform a spoken word piece, which is a written poem meant to be performed and read aloud. Once you get trained in the poetic art of spoken word you can go out and participate in local open mics all around the city.
By Antwan Little8 years ago in Poets
Positive Effects of Poetry. Top Story - July 2018.
Over the past few years, I have suffered from depression and anxiety. All the while, I have been a poetry enthusiast and I write in my spare time. After a session of writing, I felt tranquil and calm. This begs the question; does writing poetry benefit mental health?
By Katharin Crewson8 years ago in Poets
A Guide to Writing Poetry
I’m frequently asked on Instagram how I write poems, what’s my technique or process and do I have any advice on writing poetry. I thought it would be easier to collect all the advice I’ve ever given into one condensed little guide for anyone who wants to get into poetry or simply improve as a poet.
By Sean Martin8 years ago in Poets
Three Expression Tips For New Poets
I want to start this post off with the disclaimer that in no way am I trying to teach people how to write poetry. Systematic, routine poetry is not poetry at all, and therefore, genuine poetry cannot be taught. However, there are some things that I have picked up over the years that help me better express myself in my writing, things that allow me to say things that I never thought I would be able to say or express ideas that I never thought I would be able to depict.
By Davina Zacharias8 years ago in Poets
Love is...
I regret my inability to overcome the pain of all my disappointments. So I try to live without expectation and there by maintain a threadbare existence. To simply live and to simply give. To look beyond the story of suffering into the truth of love and all the joy that is contained in the overwhelming currents of intimate connection. The story of Shama is the story of myself. The story of the peaceful goddess who exploded into a myriad of pieces and somehow each piece found itself and grew itself a new whole until the old reflection was no longer broken. But complete and unified in its own power. For itself, by itself, this is the nature of my soul. And if you are its reflection than yours too. For I am as timeless as the history of cosmic motion. Universe without beginning and without end. I call upon your higher self to trust again. To suspend all beliefs and concepts and simply trust in the unfathomable depths of each living breath. For it is in the breath that true being emerges. All else is just the containment and therefore sacred only in so far as it reveals the core.
By Crystal Pearl9 years ago in Poets
Poetry Publishing Scams to Avoid. Top Story - July 2017.
I've been a writer by trade for years, and this means that I have seen a million and one publishing scams through my time. The reason why publishing scams are so common is because being a writer is one of the hardest things to break into on a legitimate level.
By Rhonda Taylor9 years ago in Poets
