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Date PostedPoemTitle# ViewsForm  
07/25/202551 Limerick
07/22/202559 Senryu
07/16/202593 Free verse
07/12/202595 Lyric
07/11/202558 Limerick
07/08/202598 Elegy
07/08/202586 Verse
07/07/202558 Triolet
07/03/2025107 Free verse
07/02/2025144 Other
06/28/2025119 Other
06/23/2025179 Villanelle
06/21/2025236 Prose Poetry
06/18/2025170 Englyn
06/15/2025136 Limerick
06/14/2025115 Other
06/08/2025282 Other
06/06/2025259 Other
06/04/2025323 Other
05/26/2025299 Haiku
05/26/2025286 Haiku
05/24/2025359 Other
05/19/2025364 Other
05/17/2025509 Other
05/16/2025474 Other
05/15/2025535 Other
05/14/2025703 Other
05/07/2025574 Other
05/07/2025407 Other
05/03/2025399 Other
04/30/2025401 Suzette Prime
04/27/2025446 Free verse
04/23/2025513 Free verse
04/17/2025450 Quatrain
03/24/2025821 Alexandrine
03/11/2025434 Free verse
03/10/2025711 Suzette Prime
03/09/2025566 Free verse
03/06/2025597 Haiku
03/01/2025504 Free verse
02/26/2025489 Limerick
02/22/2025341 Free verse
02/21/2025466 Free verse
02/21/2025426 Haiku
02/16/2025437 Prose Poetry
02/13/2025407 Free verse
02/11/2025309 Sonnet
02/07/2025576 Prose Poetry
02/07/2025298 Prose Poetry
01/22/2025461 Prose Poetry
01/10/2025678 Suzette Prime
12/22/2024845 Other
12/19/2024466 Sonnet
12/14/2024624 Sonnet
12/02/2024403 Crystalline
11/27/2024474 Sonnet
11/26/2024727 Tanka
11/15/2024398 Verse
11/11/2024706 Crystalline
11/09/2024409 Suzette Prime
11/05/2024504 Monoku
10/31/2024595 Free verse
10/23/2024573 Haiku
10/21/2024668 Tanka
10/20/2024658 Pleiades
10/18/2024430 Ekphrasis
10/15/2024452 Limerick
10/15/2024425 Rhyme
10/12/2024424 Verse
10/10/2024454 Ballad
10/08/2024654 Suzette Prime
10/02/2024604 Enclosed Rhyme
09/28/2024318 Quatrain
09/26/2024342 Concrete
09/13/2024407 Verse
09/03/2024492 Shape
08/15/2024813 Pantoum
07/25/2024353 Senryu
07/10/2024903 Verse
07/08/2024590 Sonnet
07/05/2024371 Free verse
06/14/2024766 Other
06/05/2024594 Suzette Prime
05/31/2024526 Enclosed Rhyme
05/13/2024455 Free verse
05/13/2024430 Sonnet
05/09/2024508 Other
05/06/2024514 Sonnet
04/06/2024439 Haibun
02/23/2024768 Tanka
02/20/2024684 Other
01/29/2024529 Suzette Prime
01/23/2024570 Sijo
11/03/2023591 Suzette Prime
10/16/2023452 Suzette Prime
09/10/2023784 Verse
08/25/2023748 Iambic Pentameter
08/08/2023503 Dramatic Verse
07/27/2023605 Terzanelle
07/26/2023531 Ekphrasis
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Quotes

Quote Left Free verse might be defined as a poem designed to encapsulate a person’s musings in a personal, stylised format—serendipity of thoughts meandering towards a decisive conclusion or left unresolved for the reader to mull over. Quote Right
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Quote Left Satire is the literary equivalent of a facepalm. Quote Right
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Quote Left Overthinking is the enemy of the poet. Quote Right
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Quote Left Poetry should be felt, rather than understood. In other words, a poem should make the reader feel something—not by telling them what to feel, but by evoking feeling directly. Quote Right
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Quote Left Writing poetry is like skipping stones on the water: your poetic prowess will determine how long it will take before it inevitably sinks into oblivion. Quote Right
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Quote Left What is a word? Who does it belong to? An empty vessel at best! A chair is not a chair until someone sits in it. Poets can only grow if given free rein in their lonely pursuit of excellence. Quote Right
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Quote Left Poetry is like a road trip without a GPS - you never know which direction of thought and/or emotion your poem would take when read by others and, therefore, the poet's duty is to set a train of thought in motion and to stand back and not try to control how others might interpret his offerings. Quote Right
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Quote Left What is a POET? When the ink dries up, we scribble on stone. The words we share are our souls exhaling. Quote Right
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Quote Left Poetry is the comfort food of our youth which nourishes our memories. Quote Right
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Quote Left A poet is someone who has the courage to wear his heart on his sleeve. ~ Suzette Richards Quote Right
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Quote Left When the poets fall silent man will not only lose his voice but also the notion of Life. ~Suzette Richards Quote Right
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Articles

 Article TitleWriter
Poetic Voice & Poet’s Reasonable Growth Arc Suzette Richards
Oscillation – A Defining Feature of Suzette Swan Arc Poetry Suzette Richards
Common Poetic Devices Favoured by Suzette Swan Arc Poetry Suzette Richards
Klein's Vase Verse - A New Poetic Form Suzette Richards
Metamodernism in Art and Poetry Suzette Richards
Suzette Prime - Concise Update Suzette Richards
The Limerick Punchline Suzette Richards
Enhancing Rhythm and Mood in Poetry Suzette Richards
Phoenix Sixain: A New Poetic Form Suzette Richards
Dandelion Sonnet - A Sonnet Variant Suzette Richards
Future Trends in Poetry with Crystalline Poetry Suzette Richards
AI Assist versus AI-generated Poetry Suzette Richards
The Role of Philosophy of Positivity in Poetry Suzette Richards
Suzette Prime - Philosophy and Folklore Suzette Richards
TANKA PROSE and Popular Poetic Devices Suzette Richards
Glossary of Some Common Poetic Devices Suzette Richards
Some Thoughts on How to Write Poetry Suzette Richards
Square Pegs in Round Holes - Rhymes That Are Frowned Upon Suzette Richards
Headnotes to Tanka, Haiku, Etc. Suzette Richards
The Long and the Short of it in Poetry: Narrative Poems Suzette Richards
The Versatile Vignette Poetry Suzette Richards
Introducing Three New Sonnet Forms Suzette Richards
The Veracity to Be Found In Poetry Suzette Richards
Rhyme Schemes: The Pattern of Rhyme Suzette Richards
THE PIROUETTE—When East meets West: a marriage of Chinese and Western poetry styles Suzette Richards
How To Design Your Own Unique Poetic Form Suzette Richards
Poetic Forms Based on Mathematical Concepts: Line, Triangle, Square, Cube, Spiral, Möbius strip, circle, and Klein bottle Suzette Richards
A Rose by Any Other Name: FLORILEGIUM Suzette Richards
Scansion in Poetry Suzette Richards
Lexicon Relating to Poetic Metre Suzette Richards
THE TESLA 3–6–9: Poetic Form since 2017 Suzette Richards
Plagiarism versus Being Inspired By Suzette Richards
Headnotes to tanka, haiku, etc Suzette Richards
What is poetry Suzette Richards
SUZETTE SONNET - SUZNET Suzette Richards
Suzette Prime - the story behind it Suzette Richards

Biography

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Mission statement: I don’t use AI to generate or even tweak my poetry, because I am a better poet than it.

 

Poetry has been my passion since my retirement from an accountancy based career a dozen years ago. I currently live in South Africa and this rainbow nation has inspired many of my poems. I also have British nationality and embrace their grammar and spelling, but I read widely and am not fazed by strict grammar rules: A pavement/sidewalk; glasses/eyeglasses; judgement/judgment, et cetera; they are one and the same to me when I read poetry. To date, I have self-published a number of books, including the poetry anthology by international poets, © Time, 2014 ISBN 978-0-620-60578-6, and have been cited in many international publications, both poetry journals, as well as in scholarly handbooks. Some of my short stories have been published in international electronic publications, and one of my novellas had been short-listed for an Afrikaans SA publication.

I serve on the Board of Advisers, of Taleemi Baithak.

I have a number (14 to date) poetic forms to my credit, notably, Suzette Prime, 2012 (listed here on PoetrySoup under Types of Poems), as well as The Tesla 3-6-9, 2017, and Suzcrostic, 2021 (listed under New Poetic Forms here on PoetrySoup), Suzette sonnet (Suznet), 2023 - introduced via an article here at PoetrySoup, as well as the brand new Suzette Swan Arc, 3  April 2025. These all resist AI imitation.

My most recent books which include examples of my poetry as well as notes regarding poetry - available directly from me:

  1. © The Eutony of Words, 2018 ISBN 978-0-6399382-0-2
  2. © Docendo discimus, 2021 (Revised 2023) ISBN 978-0-620-95432-7
  3. © Flight of Thoughts, 2023 ISBN 978-0-6397-8880-7
  4. © Downtown - Poetic Devices, 2023 ISBN 978-0-7961-1968-1
  5.  © Rocking Poetry, 2033 ISBN 978-0-7961-2824-9
  6. NEW: moonwake - Suzette Prime poetry, ISBN 978-1-0370-1836-7(PDF). It is a collection of 61 Suzette Prime poetry spanning from 2012 (when I designed the poetic form), up till now.

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry