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| Site Picture Challenge July 25 |
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Courtyard
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Write a poem about the picture you see above. Be sure to post it to the category Challenge-Picture. Have fun!
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| American Life In Poetry |
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First Grade
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BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE
It's been sixty-odd years since I was in the elementary grades, but I clearly remember those first school days in early autumn, when summer was suddenly over and we were all perched in our little desks facing into the future. Here Ron Koertge of California gives us a glimpse of a day like that.
First Grade
Until then, every forest
had wolves in it, we thought
it would be fun to wear snowshoes
all the time, and we could talk to water.
So who is this woman with the gray
breath calling out names and pointing
to the little desks we will occupy
for the rest of our lives?
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Poet Resources
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Poet Resources are tons of links to the outside world of poetry. Research the following areas to find the very best the world has to offer:
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Kids & Teens- The safest and best sites.
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| About Poetry |
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Poetry As Therapy
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Points to Bear in Mind
Readers under professional care should follow links on the resources page. The walking wounded may like to remember:
1. Workshops in poetry as a therapy are not a course with grading and criticism. The emphasis is on self-expression, exploration and discovery.
2. You will get most out of the workshop by writing yourself, but even input as discussion is helpful.
3. A poem is usually chosen for discussion that expresses the dominant emotion of the group. Writer and listeners gain strength from exploring common problems. To give fears and emotions some concrete form is already to begin mastering them.
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| Poetry Writing |
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Thoughts On Meter
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by J.C. Hewitt
I rarely focus on meter when I write poetry. In my college days I took many of my style cues (though not my content cues) from William Carlos Williams, Charles Bukowski and others who wrote in an imagistic style. Meter will always have a place in poetry, but in the 20th century the move was away from forms and meter and towards less structured styles.
The beauty of poetry though, is that there is room for everyone. If you want to write sonnets, you are still welcome at the party. If you want to write stream-of-consciousness free verse, that's fine too. People who rhyme? Well that's kind of like inviting smokers to the party. You still like them; you just wish they would stop (that's a joke).
Here are some arguments for and against the use of meter and form:
What are the reasons to use meter?
**It adds structure.
**It is a framework on which you can build a poem.
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| Site Challenge July 25 |
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Write A Rondel
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A rondel is a verse form originating in French lyrical poetry. It is a variation of the rondeau consisting of two quatrains followed by a quintet (13 lines total) or a sextet (14 lines total).
The rondel was invented in the 14th century, and is arguably better suited to the French language than to English. (Not to be confused with Roundel, a similar verse form with repeating refrain.)
The first two lines of the first stanza are refrains, repeating as the last two lines of the second stanza and the third stanza. (Alternately, only the first line is repeated at the end of the final stanza). For instance, if A and B are the refrains, a rondel will have a rhyme scheme of ABba abAB abbaA. The meter is open, but typically has eight syllables.
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| Famous Poets |
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E. E. Cummings
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Edward Estalin Cummings (October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in all lowercase letters as e. e. cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright.
His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular.
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| A Poet's Mind |
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Poetry Pointers
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By Dennis Siluk
I find [or believe] a fact, in poetry, is not poetry, nor can it move the mind's eye, thoughts, and one's imagination.
I find repetition is, or can be effective, or can be valuable, but not when it shows the lack in, or scarcity of the imagination.
I believe, the use of semicolons and commas become or can become hideous, or hazardous if not used wisely. The poem can reek with wrong [ly] breaks.
I also believe in genuine poetry, or that, genuine poetry should vibrate; there is a vibration that exists, one needs to find it and use it. A kind of force; or something to carry it; most poetry does not emerge from the page it is written on.
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