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Hi, thoughtful poetry and confronting art..... and mathematics, are my interest. Have been writing, poetrying and painting for about 20 years and mathematicing for about 25. Of course we all have thoughts about random stuff often enough, I like putting those random thoughts into verse making sense or putting them on canvas to be a provoker. I prefer all styles of poetry depending upon my mood.

By the way, unless i state that a poem actually occurred to me, then they are all made up, fiction, whimsical, not true events, they are not biographies and only touch on uncomfortable topics to make the reader question things. I believe poetry has the ability to make us question our own morals intimately, like how the bard made us question suicide in Romeo and Juliet.

p.s. the bard didn't do suicide.

My art is   www.facebook.com/popartwagga

What I write in poetry does not necessarily reflect the opinions or morals of the NSW department of education...

Which tense to use

Blog Posted by Lewis Raynes: 11/1/2016 7:36:00 PM

Hi Soupers, I love writing in past then present tense, it makes sense (to me) when I read it, but am unsure if this is kosher for writing. so my query is:

Do you prefer a specific tense, or do you jumble them all up and see how the cards will fall, fell, are falling..... lol



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Date: 11/4/2016 7:45:00 AM
I too go with the grammar, Lewis:) sometimes present tense adds to the drama effect:)
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Date: 11/2/2016 8:35:00 AM
I know I often switch from past to present in a poem, even in a very short one. It has a meaning for me, a reason why, but it is something I cannot express very well in words
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Date: 11/2/2016 1:20:00 AM
The present tense brings immediacy to the write and there is a place for it at the end of poems that have been relayed in the past tense, but only if the action has been taking place during that day.
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Date: 11/2/2016 3:28:00 AM
I use that heaps
Date: 11/2/2016 12:30:00 AM
"Poets have used verb tenses to manipulate time in their poems ... knowing how and when to shift verb tenses is a technique that can add immediacy, or introduce tension." www.poetsonline.org
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Date: 11/2/2016 3:28:00 AM
Perhaps we can play with tense to add a psychology maybe
Date: 11/1/2016 11:42:00 PM
Hi, Lewis, I believe in consistency of verb tense. I will only change my verb tense if logic dictates it. I teach grammar, so that is just how I roll! Gosh, things are dead around here. Do you think so too?
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Date: 11/2/2016 3:26:00 AM
Yep. If it makes sense, things have been quiet here for a while. Idk why...

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