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Into to Poetry: Day 9
For Day 9 of Intro to Poetry, the prompt or topic to address is “landscape.” The poetic device suggested is apostrophe. An apostrophe is like a passage directed at a specific person or thing. The poet speaks directly to Harry or … Continue reading
Intro to Poetry: Day 8
For Day 8 of Intro to Poetry, the topic is Pleasure. The device to employ is either anaphora or epistrophe. Both involve word repetition–anaphora at the beginning of lines, epistrophe at the end of lines. In the poem below, I … Continue reading
Intro to Poetry: Day 7
Topic: Flavor Suggested form: Found Poetry Today is one with little time left for personal pursuits. Found Poetry, or recreating words, phrases, sentences, verse lines from one or many available sources to create a new poem using these, … well, … Continue reading
Note to Self:
So while the power was out–yet again!–there was time to finish a piece started days ago. As I sat on the upstairs balcony one day with the sky sprinkling some water our way, I was inspired by the view of … Continue reading
Go F***** Yourself – 9 Tips
Here is a reblog of a fellow blogger’s tips to improve your blog and attract more readers. Thank you, Simply Marquessa.
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Why Authors Beg For Blurbs
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? Before I got my first book published, a novelist I knew quipped, “The only thing worse than not being published is being published.” I had no idea what he meant, but I soon figured…
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Intro to Poetry: Day 6 — Screen, Enjambment
The definition of Enjambment as a poetic device is a bit more complex and interesting than expressed in this class’s resource page. But the overall meaning is essentially the same. For some good examples from classic poets, click on the … Continue reading
Intro to Poetry: Day 5–Imperfect, Limerick
Day 5 of Intro to Poetry has me writing a poem on the subject “imperfect.” It’s a topic about which I can generate tomes. The “try it” format is the limerick. My decision is to write about the current foci … Continue reading
Frozen Zentangled
Here is some lovely Zentangles art from a fellow blogger. She explains how she proceeded, too–that’s the best part.
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Atlantis Award Poetry Submissions Welcome
Originally posted on the poet's billow:
The Atlantis Award is given to a single best poem. The winning poet receives $200 and will be featured in an interview on The Poet’s Billow web site. The winning poem will be…
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Write of Passage 