Val Brooklyn Rogers Blk Panther Biography
My Biography is Coming Soon... When I was 13 years old I began my conquest Of poetry. I put my hobby on hiatus after Determining that my efforts were fruitless. After ten years I returned to writing. This Episode i was much improved. I wasn't Able to keep track of any of my early work Due to a number of relocations. Now I am an Active member of poetrysoup where I have Published about 400+ poems including: HAPPINESS OF LIFE ON THE PATH OF PASSION TWILIGHT LIFE SHOOTING STAR DREAMER WHEN DREAMERS DREAM OF TRIUMPHS That's a micro collection.

MY BABIES, MY BAD AND MY UGLY

Blog Posted by Val Brooklyn Rogers Blk Panther: 2/16/2015 5:37:00 PM

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February 17, 2015 at 4:14 PM
I've read some of your poems, Valerie. You write great prose and your free verse comes from the heart. Don't be so hard on yourself...experiment, try different forms, and above all, have fun! :)
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February 17, 2015 at 2:28 PM
I don't hate any of the poem's I've written - having only been writing just a year now I can look subjectively at my early writes and realism that maybe they could have been improved - but I leave them as they are - it is a steep learning curve and i for one am having the journey of my life - enjoy your writing Valerie and please don't be too harsh on yourself:-) Hugs \jan xxx
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February 17, 2015 at 12:10 AM
(cont) I hope all your dreams come true! Hugs, Rhonda
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February 17, 2015 at 12:09 AM
I'll check out some of your above mentioned poems when I have time...in the meantime, I think you're being too hard on yourself...have fun, enjoy the process. We are always our own worst critic. For myself, some of my own poems I like more than others, but even the ones I wrote that aren't great, I think of as a learning experience. Everyone has their own idea on the subject of good poetry. Some only like rhyme or think if a poem isn't written in meter, it isn't poetry. Some only like free verse. It's all subjective. You can always revise a poem you don't like. One day, I'm going to go through my own poems to remove some and revise some.
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February 16, 2015 at 6:33 PM
I usually don't keep the ones that I hate. What I do is keep working on it until I flesh it into something that I do love. One of my poems actually started out one way and now only maybe one of the sentences is even the same anymore. lol I kept the original in a file, but I call it more of a "draft" than a poem. :)
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February 16, 2015 at 6:22 PM
Hi Valerie, interesting blog. You got me with the anticipation and anxiety of yet not fallen snow. I'm a little tickled and puzzle on how one can love and hate their poems. I can't relate. I love everything I write, especially when it's not good. It only proves I ain't got the time to hate my poems. A very cool blog. I guess I'd rather not write something I'd hate. I like writing poems that make me giggle. LOL :) I'm gonna go read one of the poems you mentioned above. Hugs ~SKAT~

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