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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me,
why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
Walt Whitman
Poetry is the lyrical rendition of the rhythm of sight, sound, touch, taste; of living, seen through the eyes of a poet and consigned to paper and laptop and keyboard until it can be read aloud. Yes, all poetry needs to be read aloud, to savor the rhythm in the words, and revive the images the poet conscribed to the once-blank page. And reading aloud, one hears the song in the wind, the trees, the stars, the heart and spirit of the singer and adds his/her solo to the chorus.
I am honored to be your guest host for this edition of the WDC Poetry Newsletter. I would like to take this opportunity to share my exploration of stories in verse ~ lyric, rhythmic, images and tales of events real, imagined or perceived.
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Greetings, I'm here to tell you something ~ for all those who say 'I don't write poetry' or 'I can't rhyme' or 'ouch, forms?' - it's not about the 'form' or the 'meter' or 'rhyme'.
Poetry is the craft of weaving an image or idea or event in lyric form. Fixed forms can guide the focus, for the writer and listener, so that each experiences the poem. It's a conversation between the writer, the listener, and the poem. Notice I say 'listener' - those of you who've seen me here before know my one rule for poetry - read it aloud.
Poetry is meant to be spoken, and has been since 'ancient' times a means of sharing ideas, images, stories. The Epic of Gilgamesh, 7th century BCE, Homer's Illiad and Odyssey are narrative epic poems. Beowulf, Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Milton's Paradise Lost, still vivid, dynamic reads. And do you not hear, in Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, the lyric echoes?
Narrative poems tell a story with rhythm or rhyme. The lyric quality guides the listener, engages the senses, and its echo remains after the reading. Consider reading aloud an epic or ode - the story resonates throughout the poem, be it rhymed or not.
Narrative poems can be short or long, using rhyme schemes or meter or internal rhyme in the form of alliteration or assonance (using like consonants or vowel sounds within lines or stanzas). When narrative poems don't have a rhyme scheme but make use of other literary devices (the alliteration, assonance, repetition), they become prose poems. Hear that, you who say you can't write poetry - don't you seek in the dialogue of your characters or the expository scenes of your story or essay some alliteration, assonance, symbolism, metaphor - all poetic tools! So you already have the keys The only limit to the type/sound of a narrative poem is the poet's imagination (and the listener's ear).
Shorter narrative poems often have a series of end-rhyming couplets (abab) grouped in stanzas, but the variations again are as creative as the poet's perception. They can also contain any of the usual literary devices: alliteration, assonance, consonance, repetition, and so on. As the poem is a narration, it usually tells a story that has a beginning, middle and end, replete with character and plot development, climax and conclusion.
Narrative poems do not have to be linear or chronological - just as works of prose do not. For example, the conclusion may be told at the beginning, or it may begin in media res - story and novel writers, notice anything familiar  Your narrative poem can weave more than one story line, a puzzle with clues for the listener to perceive and cobble together. Focus on the imagery, engaging the senses and you've created a narrative poem in which your listener can partake.
Speak the words as you write/narrate them - remember, 
My Fixed Cardinal Poetry Rule = Read all Poetry Aloud -
Starting with your own creation
Write On 
Kate
Kate - Writing & Reading
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Now, what you've come here for ~ I'd like to invite you to gather round
Listen to some stories in verse ~ hear what is said and what is not ~ whether or not in formal metered verse, - hear the rhythm, embark with each writer on the journey they weave and share with them your thoughts (your reply or review a cool way to continue the lyric dialogue 
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Thank you for sharing this exploration with me.
Now, have I enticed you - those of you who say you 'don't' or 'can't' write poetry? Or are leery of straying from fixed-form verse.
Why not try a story in verse - narrative poetry - any subject, object, image or idea that incites your muse creative,and share it with us as your readers.
Remember, there's only one fixed rule in poetry (my opinion) -
Real All Poetry Aloud
Write On 
Kate
Kate - Writing & Reading
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