Poetry
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Poetry! It comes in all styles and meanings. Some poems express personal feelings; others demonstrate a particular pattern. Most of us write some combination in between. I'll be offering advice on different styles and pointing out techniques to improve your poems. Enjoy --John~Ashen |
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Around the Poetry Block
If you're like me, you are probably sick of hearing about writer's block and the hundred household methods to get unblocked. I swear the list of cures is longer than the one to get rid of hiccups. (Though I hear that the paper bag will work for both hiccups and writer's block.)
The best thing I know against writer's block is to simply walk away and do something else. If the ink isn't flowing, why bother waving the pen around? I realize this is contrary to the "write every day" mantra, but it works for me.
After I've walked away and am doing something else, I try to humorously summarize what I'm doing in an oral rhyme or lyric. "Hey, look at me, the joker! I'm out playing poker, dressed up in a tux, and betting it all on a pair o' ducks!"
Usually I'm just trying to get a smile or a roll of the eyes out of my friends. However, sometimes I'll scribble a few keywords into a napkin... joker/poker... tux/dux only to find that napkin days later.
Then, when I'm in the mood to write and in need of inspiration, I have starter prompts all ready to go. You could keep a notebook with little comments about everything else going on in your life, and it could be a bank or reservoir of ideas.
Like taking walks in the woods or hikes through the mountains? You might like haikus. Think you are escaping writer's block in the forest? Consider the woodpecker above you, constantly hammering at a hard piece of bark. I can almost imagine the haiku now: "Tree-skin faltering / under relentless assault / pecking persistence"
Poof, a 5-7-5 poem inspired by nature, and referring to the human condition of writer's block. Why not? Use your escapes as inspirations when you come back to sit down to compose your works. For me, I'll stick to poker. Good luck with yours. |
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Speaking of my pair of ducks!
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