Short form writing, often focused on the aesthetics of words as much as the meaning. This tag should be used for any questions relating to poems, including poetry formatting and technique, poetry critiques, and the publishing of poetry.
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Is there a Market for Poetry with a Fixed Verse Form
I find that when I structure my poetry according to an accepted form such as a villanelle, sestina, or sonnet I am able to think more clearly because of the boundaries of the form, and believe my best ...
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Iambic pentameter: how do you use words with 'secondary stressed' syllables?
I'm trying to create textbook-perfect iambic pentameter.
I may be wrong in my assumption of there being such a thing as a 'secondary stressed syllable', but in the word 'poetry', the rhythm of it ...
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How can I translate my poems in English that it doesn't sound odd/non poetic for English speaker audiences?
There are many translated Persian/Farsi poems in English like The Rubaiyat, by Omar Khayyam, the famous Iranian poet, philosopher, and mathematician, translated by Edward FitzGerald. Unfortunately ...
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How is parallel construction viewed in literature?
I wrote a "take-off" on a French song using a technique that I believe is called "parallel construction."
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Punctuation and capitalisation in poetry [duplicate]
I'm writing a poem entirely without commas, periods, colons, dashes, emdashes, etc.
However, near the end of the poem I name a city and I want to capitalise it.
On one hand, I think it would be ...
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Does this riddle abuse language to make it fit into verse?
Not being a native speaker I'm unable to tell if my poetry sounds fine or just awkward - I know I'm abusing grammar to fit rhymes and rhythm, but the question is: am I abusing it too much? Does that ...
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Converting the MIT License into a limerick
In 2005, Alexander Genaud created a Poetic License based on the MIT license. It consisted of 2 Limericks which attempted to distill the already meager license jargon into a fun, simple, and tiny text. ...
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Are there any syllable-counting applications for poety writing?
What software tools, if any, which can count the number of syllables on each line, to aid in the writing of English-language poetry? What features and pros and cons exist for each?
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Creating metaphors in poetry
When writing poetry, is there a known method of some kind that exists that makes it easy to turn a concept I'd like to illustrate into a metaphor? If so, please elaborate as much as possible.
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Critique My Poem Please! [closed]
I really need someone to critique this poem for me. It's for a Poem Portfolio in my Creative Writing Class. I just need some help on where to include things like imagery, sensory details, similes, ...
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What qualities should a good metaphor have?
What makes an individual metaphor a good illustration of a complex idea as opposed to a "bad" metaphor that doesn't do the job of painting a picture with alternate words?
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Where to publish poems
I'm looking for a site where I can publish my poems.
I'm not keen on rewards; I just need a place to publish it.
I've found poetry.com that seems to be what I'm looking for but they require a ...
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Poem in a short story? [closed]
So I need to write a short story for my university writing portfolio and I was wondering if I could put a poem in it or would that be inappropriate for a short story? And are there any short stories ...
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Does a Haiku needs to have exactly 17 syllables?
Having 17 syllables is in the definition of Haiku, but does it have to have exactly 17 syllables, is this usually followed strictly, or it is only more as a guideline?
I am asking about Haiku ...
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Are there any metrical dictionaries?
There are plenty of rhyming dictionaries; is there such a thing as a metrical dictionary? Sometimes in fixed-form poetry, I need a word to fit a specific position in a line, and it would be really ...
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What's the indent rule of poetry?
I've seen people indent their poems like below:
Writing on wall
It was just plane writing on wall
I must have taken it a serious call
She was on and off repeating same thing
There was ...
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Structure and characterization [closed]
I've been meaning to improve upon my characterization within my writings. As well as the mentioned, I also aim to build better structure and keep to it.
Tonight I'll come to see
a presence of thee
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Is this sentence ambiguous?
I'm trying to write something sort of poetic sounding.
Instead of memories let's discover the
present that we wanted to search for.
I'm thinking that maybe I should write the word "moment" ...
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What exactly is “Conceptual Writing?”
I've seen this term (and its variations such as "conceptual poetry") used a lot to describe works such as Christian Bök's Eunoia. I have a sense of what it means, but I've never seen a solid ...
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How can I find good venues for publishing my work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where to publish poems
I used to write poems and stories. They were published in local newspapers many times, but I did not get any benefit besides this limited ...
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Are there good writing exercises for compressing expression?
I recently sat down and wrote a poem after a long hiatus. It was a narrative poem with a formal rhyme scheme. I'm pretty dissatisfied with my initial draft, as it was far too wordy.
Besides editing ...
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Do any ePublishing systems honor fixed poetry formatting?
As per this article in the Huffington Post, the Kindle discards many kinds of poem formatting.
I use a lot of white space, couplets, triplets, and long lines that cannot break. The Kindle wraps text ...
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How can I write poems in an attractable manner?
I have written several poems, but only very few won prices. Those poems impressed people very much, so I want you to share your thoughts, what are the key things I have to focus on or I have to keep ...
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What is this form of poetry called?
I am poet and a blogger, and was writing a poem today for my blog. It went something like:
So, are you missing me?
Missing me so much that you crave,
crave to meet me right now...
Does anybody know ...
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I have compiled a poetry book with poems of 4chan users. It has a lot of racial slurs and vulgarisms, is it possible to publish something like that?
It has around 200 poems, a lot of vulgarisms, and many of them seem senseless and random to a shallow person who can't see deeper. I want to allow normal people to tap into the misery of the lives ...
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Which traditional presses publish poetry?
I would like to publish a poetry folio through my university press. My ex-poetry professor at my alma mater says that is possible, but the university will only publish me if I already have a book ...
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Lists of Suggested Magazines to Submit To
I recently began writing poetry again. I would like to look into submitting my poems to a magazine.
Where can I find a list of literary magazines through which I could sort to find a possible fit?
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How do you manage all the different aspects of writing poetry?
Every time I try to write a poem I find myself incredibly stuck. It feels to me like poetry has so many different aspects- meter, structure, rhyming, lingual aesthetics (not to mention semantics), all ...
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Know any metaphors about women that…?
... are very skilled in getting men to like them, men really easily fall in love with them, but they (the women) are not interested in anything more than a sexual relationship?
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How many liberties can one take with syntax and grammar rules when writing poetry?
I've begun to wrote a small fable in verse for my girlfriend, whereas she gets one part of the story for each day before Christmas since the 1st December. She likes it, however she tells me nearly ...
