Well, well well, if its not another award According to my blog friend Aisha, who awarded me this award, thats a special award for blog she love so many many thanks my dear Read More read more »
It's been a busy and productive week, interrupted by a further visit to the dentist, but that job should be finished at the next visit.The NaNoWriMo novel, titled, An Avenger Unseen, is now well into its next stage of editing. I've read aloud the first 10 chapters and marked these where changes are needed. Once I've completed that part, I shall go back and make all the necessary alterations.Another blog post is finished and scheduled to appear later this month.On a walk along the coast (see pic above) wi... read more »
the day comes when breath heaves once and is gone increase of uprising and morosely easing into and then the stark vision of darkness and shape aged in a century until dust to know the earth again to where it flies and splashes harmoniously spins neatly joins the awesome pulse grasps knowledge ebbs slowly inward [...] read more »
by Suzanne Saporito (guest blogger) I dont know much about the formalities of poetry. I dont know much about meter. The iambic and the penta meters will never stick within me so that I can express their ways to you. I cant tell the difference between a metaphor or simile while I’m writing unless I [...] read more »
Should doubt high drift over my love for thee grey gloomy cloud, disconsolate, strong reign bleak darkened frown, portend deep misery, hide hearts resolve, beneath shadowed disdain. Should you feel, sudden cold breath of gloom, spate of fear, black scourge upon painted leaf, quick cruelly fade love, grim in abject doom, [...] read more »
The first completed draft of your poem is only the beginning. Poets often go through several drafts of a poem before considering the work done. To revise: Put your poem away for a few days, and then come back to it. When you re-read it, does anything seem confusing? Hard to follow? Do you see [...] read more »
Poetry is all about life. Every human activity revolves around the verses. For this reason it does not take much to be poetic. Expressions are made in order to leave behind impressions, be it good or bad. In the same vein poetry reflects mood; a good mood elicits positive thoughts and a melancholic mood evokes [...] read more »
How is originality fostered? 1. By personal difficulties, particularly in childhood, that have been worked through. Analyse and meet these difficulties. 2. By unswerving self-honesty. Ask yourself: is this what you really hoped to write? Could you not dig deeper into the wellsprings of the poem? 3. By starting afresh, expanding your repertoire with new [...] read more »
Vocabularies not only reflect interests and fashions, but must be broadly effective in a contemporary setting. 1. That is the argument against poeticisms and out-of date words like thee, tis, maiden. 2. Words never possess wholly transparent meanings, but in the more affective poetry their latent associations, multiple meanings, textural suggestions and rhythmic power are [...] read more »
by Karen Miner (guest blogger) Well, now isn’t that a mouthful? Who knew poetry had so many quirks and devices? So much of this word encompasses things we do inherently as poets. Isn’t it nice to know we’re following the same poetic path as all poets have before us? Even as we blaze new trails [...] read more »
