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Poetry: May 04, 2022 Issue [#11338]




 This week: May Flowers – Poetry About Growth
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"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."

W. H. Auden


"The poet doesn't invent. He listens."

Jean Cocteau




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May Flowers – Poetry About Growth




Now that we’ve written about the rain (sad) let’s move into what the rain helps with: Growth. Just like any poetry you write, the poetry about growth can be about yourself, someone else, something in your past, or present—even an imagined future.


So, what is growth? Most dictionaries talk about getting bigger. I like to see it as becoming more or advancing beyond what we were before. Learning and acceptance both have a lot to do with it—even if the thing you learn and must accept is painful. When you’re young, you learn to look at what is around you, so you don’t hurt yourself when you stand, walk or run. Character also can play a part—in fact, it can be the determining factor between growth and stagnation.


Your poetry about growth can still have touches of sad, since growth can hurt, but also remember that growth can be exciting, and new and also frustrating and complicated, but in the end, growth is usually good.


Feel free to share your growth poetry with me and I’ll share them with the newsletter next month. Below is a form to help you get started with writing some growth poetry.



Whitney


Florida poet Betty Ann Whitney created the Whitney form. I selected it for this month due to the meter. It reminded me about growth and how sometimes you take a step forward and then back and then forward—a few times sometimes, before that growth becomes permanent.



MUST HAVES


--Line count: 7

--Number of stanzas: 1

--Meter: Syllabic, in the following format – 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 7



COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?

--Rhyme

--Alignment

--Topic/theme



SOURCE NOTES:


https://thewordshop.tripod.com/fspa/meetourpoets/whitney.html
http://niagarapoetry.ca/2017/12/21/whitney/



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Editor's Picks



Theme: Growing and growth

 The Empty Chair Open in new Window. [E]
cannot hide from growth and maturity. Life ensures these things no matter the age.
by kwame Author Icon

 The Stranger Within Me Open in new Window. [E]
Who we are changes as we grow.
by PlannerDan Author Icon

 Self Discovery Open in new Window. [E]
Learning about self and the control of what's within and the impact on esteem.
by Barbieistheone Author Icon

 CIRCLE, CIRCLE, SPHERE Open in new Window. [E]
WHAT WE ARE AND HOW WE GROW
by K. I. Smet Author Icon

 A Season for Inner Growth  Open in new Window. [13+]
People go through seasons of growth and winterness, and not all times are verdent.
by a Sunflower in Texas Author Icon

 Accepting Open in new Window. [ASR]
Before growth can occur you first have to accept yourself and let go the pain
by DyrHearte writes Author Icon

 Growth Open in new Window. [E]
How often do we see it that the small becomes the vast.
by halcyon Author Icon





 
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Comments on last month's newsletter:


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Comment: Thanks again for a news letter worth reading.


Some sad poetry and pathya vaat shares:

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