On Writing Poems - Poems about On Writing

tiny lump-like, grown soon into a mass nested in a pouch, born into a gentle light flesh with tiny limbs and heart sealed in a bottle left off to the shores of critics. life is like a fairytale but i'm no princess but an anatomy of your clenching-wordage / thorns of its cicatrice engraved beneath my skin—my...

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The past washes over me in waves, Leaves me dripping with grief, I said I healed. "But how much?" You ask. "Because grief is a myriad of hurtful memories, You say you didn't drown in it, You say you are keeping afloat. But till when, I ask. How long can you swim across the ocean, With your bare arms?" "I don't know, I really...

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Your own unique voice. You’re your own boss. Sprinkle of humble and profound words. Speaking in tongues that often crisscross. Ink takes flight as experiential and seasonal birds. Sprinkle of humble and profound words. A smattering of what’s mattering in life. Ink takes flight as experiential and seasonal birds - The suffering, the woe, the pain, and strife. A smattering of what’s mattering...

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With one hand behind my back I slash and stalk With deft steps and careful tack I counter and block I slash and stalk My foe I counter and block Searching for the final blow My foe Offers no complaint to Searching for the final blow And bares its throat on cue Offers no complaint to An ending soon to come And bares its throat on cue To put an...

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Triolets have an interesting pattern ABaAabAB It is a mystery to me how this pattern evolved With some attributing it to a lazy poet, you see, Triolets have an interesting pattern ABaAabAB. A Triolet has no C, and, clearly no need for a D If the poet makes it through line 6, problem solved Triolets have an interesting pattern ABaAabAB It is...

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Are contemporary poets wallowing in meaningless rubbish? Can they be called poets whose works are incomprehensible? Without regard for meter, rhyme, or rhythm, I think, gibberish, They’re line after line of words strung together, nonsensible. With a background in forensics, I should be able to understand. I should be able, at a minimum, to determine consistent themes, After finishing some of...

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the right utensils create swift words on paper paper comes alive...

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Long ago a professor said to me, “If it isn’t prose, it’s poetry,” and I, a student knowing no better at the time, quickly agreed for a wise teacher’s statements were most impressive to me, but, wiser now, I would say his assessment is not guaranteed. For some “poets” fling words on the page without any theme Some even suggest...

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If I but had the basic raw nerve and wit I would show a few folks how to do it: “Write a line or two with good rhythm and rhyme” On Poetry Soup, however, that would be a crime! We have some folks who write marvelous gibberish If I may say, but, of course, I’m being somewhat devilish; On the other...

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I absolutely hate it when I write drivel I’m thinking my brain is starting to shrivel, And nothing coming out of it appears civil Writer’s block is making my head swivel, Perhaps I’ll take a fetal position and snivel, Right now, I’m feeling incredibly superficial! written December 24, 2021...

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I really believe poetry contests are beneficial But I find myself writing lines so artificial Trying to win a fleeting notice or score a trophy That I lose sight of writing good, quality poetry. Various requirements sometimes put me off I think I’d rather be on the links playing golf Instead of spending hours cramping my style Writing a poem that might...

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The most gifted poets who ever wrote Occasionally penned gibberish and tripe Even Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Keats Sometimes were at a loss for words In exchange for a royal coin or a token Valued principles were sometimes broken Even poets will follow the popular herds To sit with the noted, the famous elites, Writing mediocre poems of every stripe I pluck my own beam,...

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Writings are written for the time in which they're penned Writing is not honest if it's afraid to offend A writer cannot trouble themselves over how their words will age Otherwise no writers ink would ever reach the page In looking at the musings of pieces from years gone It's useful to keep it in the frame of what was...

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[A few years ago, I wrote this poem “On Writing Poetry” for creative writing students. I hesitated to put it on Poetry Soup, but I did some revisions and decided to share it with you. It was my intention to be helpful and to give some good advice.] I have been writing my thoughts...

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A bit of time I take when I sit down to labor on the Minichu I want to make. I’m better now when writing Minichu brand new. But how? Well, I practice! You too - try! A bit of time I take when writing Minichu brand new. Try! Oct. 29, 2020 for Mohan Chutani's Let's Minichu On Writing Or Not Writing A Minichu Poetry Contest...

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