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Literal Poetry Or Metaphoric Hmmm

Literal poetry is my go to gal Metaphorical poetry is impossible for me. Metaphors do not come naturally They are not only difficult to understand but impossible to write. Literal poetry is concrete to me, Metaphors are abstract. The only abstracts I want are in my artwork, not in my poetry. For they are not easy. They are difficult And I am all about easy.

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Rhona Mcferran

Date: 2/6/2019 5:08:00 PM

Your writing is so creative, I'd never noticed that you don't do metaphors until reading this! What comes easily isn't always a bad thing... as Keats once said, "If poetry comes not as naturally as leaves on a tree it had better not come at all"! Writing the way you do is perfect, because it expresses YOU! Love your poetry and you, my friend. ;)

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 2/7/2019 5:33:00 AM

Thank you my friend. I was trying to do an online class or two about poetry. Ha! The syllable teacher and I disagreed about almost all of the syllable breaks, so I gave that up. Metaphors? Ha! Nothing tougher, or more unnatural. You know I am all about just throwing it down there and hoping....

M. L. Kiser

Date: 2/5/2019 2:27:00 PM

I like both although I like to write metaphor 6a lot.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 2/7/2019 5:33:00 AM

You are good at it. You understand it. You speak it. I do not.