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Real Poets Test

Real poets understand poetry. I don’t.
Real poets write in flowery words. I don’t.
Real poets love poetry, and so do I.
Real poets publish poems, and so do I.
Real poets score fifty percent to one hundred percent on this little gauge.

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Lindsay Laurie

October 14, 2018 at 6:30 PM

Hello Caren … the word poetry seems to caste a wide net over many genres, but we all have our favourites and I reckon that's what poetry gives us all - a choice. Nice wisdom Caren - Lindsay

Caren Krutsinger

October 15, 2018 at 3:43 AM

Thank you Lindsay. I think there used to be a lot less loose-ness with the word; I remember thinking when I took a poetry class in college that the meters and other dynamics were way over my head. I stayed in that course, however, because I needed to HEAR people read poetry, while I was taking counseling classes that were not feeding my soul the way the hearing poetry was.

M. L. Kiser

October 14, 2018 at 1:13 PM

You know, sometimes those big flowery words ward off editors. Now, who was it who originally defined the word, Poetry? If we were all writing like Shakespeare, it would be a very boring world. Though he wasn't a boring writer; I do love his works but, there aren't enough people reading poetry these days; so shy complicate it? Love it!

Caren Krutsinger

October 14, 2018 at 3:09 PM

I am vastly uncomplicated. If I use a big word, a long word, or a flamboyant word, please know that I just looked it up in a dictionary.

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