Writing Prose Poems

Dear budding poet, 

Modern poetry is an evolutionary process. A poet never really stops growing and learning. Even the most seasoned of poets can discover...

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Spindleshanks Ain't No Legend...

But sits here donned in his foreign
aged (not so lovely) bag of bones
barely functioning surviving, but by
skin off his teeth, (which explains
dentures)...

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A metrical escape valve,
  letters in the maelstrom

Lightning on the horizon,
  second child of the Gods

Sacrificial waterfall,
  its current overflowing

A literal dilation
...

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Something I've long been curious about is the great disparity between our 'waking lives' and the lives we lead whilst dreaming. We all dream--that is...

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Writing a letter is following the same avenue as cursive writing; disappearing in the rear-view mirror.  Now, the only letters one seems to receive...

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Title: My growing up (episode one)

I was born to a native parents 
I guess my mum was a woman of substance
Papa is so good 
I...

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When young
I had
Little faith –

My beliefs
Were like
Burnt toys
Picked out
From ashes –

Or like
A damp light
And sad
Grass.

In college
I began
To write
Poetry
And with
Fingers
Of wisdom
I explored
What I
Professed

And my
Soul
Felt
Like a
Paint truck
Spilled
In...

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WRITING A POEM

With
Rose water sweat

I spill
The earth

And exchange glances
With nothingness.

The moon
Lights my words.

Each day
Is bridgeless

In the back
Of mourning.

In my
Favorite chair

I find a
Crowd of sorrows

Illuminated
By water.

At...

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Vibrations of the universe; 
vibrations of the soul; 
the artist experiences harmonic convergence, 
every day.

Universal mind to soul mind; 
the golden thread is a pipeline;...

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Paper cuts

Delving in deep
affluent mind of floating words 
Finding them in a jumbled heap
Deeply the waters of my heart stirs
Fumbling feet are my pen that...

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ALLISON AND THE THREE ELVES

Once upon a time, a talented young girl called Allison
Wandered through a dense and scary forest.
She passed a cottage which said...

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In prose,
Writers hope to accurately capture
both felt and thought experiences,
realistic and unrealistic,
in a way that suggests
our writer knows and can deeply feel
the differences and similarities
between...

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Twilight has entered my life,
realizing that the aging process 
is real and not to be shelved 
and put away for someone else
to contemplate about.

Twilight has...

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She walked in casually, like she did not know how kind she was.
But her aura was flaming with it.  And I felt it immediately.
She...

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Insomniac writer, that’s what I am.
Pen and paper are natural,
bedtime accessories; 
at least, in my world.
The blues of my bedroom;
soft cushions for my tired eyes.

Scent...

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I Do Not Know The Secret...,
Asper Art Of Writing Acclaimed Poem...

Not purposeful intent,
when tasking self (Das Scribe)
a nondescript member of
Homo sapiens village people tribe
metaphorical spear...

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Metatron’s secretarial skills, translating, recording Akashic; a vigilant worker, indeed!
Every soul is an author; the greatest literary compendium, the book of life, is written by...

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For those of us who muse of purple prose
That ornate style which differs from the rest  
Perhaps as flash or false as a blue...

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Overcoming my depression.  How can I best accomplish it in the troubled times like these?  Frequently I recite in my mind my favorite...

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My dear Bride,

Much energy and talk go into today's relationships.               ...

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