| Picture Challenge: January 4 |
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Quite The View |
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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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| Poem of the Moment |
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New Every Moment |
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Every day is a fresh beginning,
Listen my soul to the glad refrain.
And, spite of old sorrows
And older sinning,
Troubles forecasted
And possible pain,
Take heart with the day and begin again.
This poem has been used in a UK hospice to bring comfort to patients. Susan Coolidge (the pseudonym of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in January 1835.
She composed three volumes of verse, wrote the Katy books and other unsentimental stories in a natural style for girls, and edited the letters of Jane Austen and Fanny Burney.
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| Poetry Pals |
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Growing Our World |
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As many of you know, World of Poets is not a gigantic corporation with endless resources at its disposal. No, we are much smaller than that, and we rely on our members to get the word out about our changing world.
When you have a moment see if you can think of one poet pal who would enjoy our site as you do, and then invite them in to spend some time with us. As we move forward in 2009, word of mouth is ever essential for our survival.
We hope that in the near future we will have more resources to advertise our presence on the web. But for now, we ask each of you to bring one new member into our family. Tell your friends to select "Referral" for "how did you hear about us?" that way, you'll receive 1 month free, and earn the FIRE element.
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| Featured Site Tool |
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Poetry By State |
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Poetry by State is a wonderful place to learn the history of poetry within your state. Not only can you learn about your famous poets, this feature from the Academy of American Poets puts you in touch with many other cool resources.
Find some popular poetry friendly bookstores, search favorite poems from your state, or even find out literary organizations and centers. It's also a great way to learn about poetry within our country as well.
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| The Pensive Poet |
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Quotes from Hugh Prather |
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To listen to my intuition is to identify with my entire awareness, to be my entire experience, and not just my conscious perception.
My total awareness synthesizes into a calm sense of direction that is above reason.
(from: Notes To Myself, ISBN: 0-553-27382-5)
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| Poets Learning Poetry |
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Metaphor Exercise |
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Take something negative about yourself – an abstract concept, like fear, depression, hatred, loneliness, or cruelty - and find a concrete image for what it feels like.
Maybe it feels like a weight pressing down on your, like walking down a dark street at night, or waking up in an abandoned house.
Once you decide on a topic and an image, draw out the image in a lyric poem with the topic as your title.
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