What is the poetry you write?

I happen to agree with You, Alison. I read poetry sent for a positive review, but don't even understand what the message is or the story, if there is one. I have experimented for years before posting my poetry. My method is to decide what to write, conduct research if needed, take notes, organize them and begin. A poem could take me a whole day to get it right. Then, I let people read them and critique. - Chris

i'm a natural free verser, i find that form gives me the most freedom of artistic expression..prose poetry is becoming very popular and is winning in a lot of the professional comps, so that's a form i'd like to explore more..i'm always looking to the future in poetry and it excites me to see where it might be heading next (hopefully not a.i. don't want more of that)

I try to keep my forms perfect, Alison, as much as I can... I love writing in rhymes, but have also done free verse at times, I think I have tried out most of the forms mentioned in PS:)

The dilemma of subjective phenomenon. Similar to painting and sculpture. "Composition No. II" by Piet Mondrian serves an example. I like abstracts but I find some to be too simplistic.

I think most people enjoy reading poems that are in the same style as they themselves choose to write. For me the most enjoyable to read are forms with traditional patterns. I like humor and unique topics and beautiful poems but also dark ones. You can look at any poet's pages by clicking on "forms" and see for yourself which forms they write. I have bonded well with mostly rhyming poets but I also appreciate well written free verse and have a few good friends who write mainly free verse. I know a few poets who write only really short poems such as limericks or haiku. I really enjoy people with great talent in writing short forms. You can find many poets here who are conventional, Alison.

Hi, Alison. The American poet, Aram Saroyan, was famous for writing one letter and one word poems. His four-legged “m” has been recognized in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s shortest poem.