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This week: Poeticality Edited by: Fyn  
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Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves.~~ Elvis Duran
Halloween is an opportunity to be really creative. ~~Judy Gold
It's said that All Hallows' Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin - and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.~~ Erin Morgenstern
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. ~~William Shakespeare from "Macbeth"
Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"~~ Dexter Kozen
A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night.~~ J.M. Barrie
What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night! With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window! How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted specter, beset his very path! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet; and dread to look over his shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him! and how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scouring! ~~Washington Irving (a quote from "The Legend of Sleep Hollow")
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Poets, true poets are wordsmiths. They play with words, sounds and rhythm. That is one part of the equation. The other is taking a thought, a view, a scene, an emotion and taking it from a statement of some kind and transporting both it and the reader by describing it in some way that is new, fresh and original.
Repeating --play with words. This is more than dragging out the thesarus. It is finding a new way to express an emotion or thought that most people will or have already experienced but to do so differently. It is more than taking a statement or phrase, 'I was afraid' for example and using terrified (if that was appropriate.) How? How did you feel and how did that translate to how your body reacted? To what you saw or thought you saw? How does it affect your responses? And even then, it is more than shaking or trembling like a leaf. There are so many possible ways to describe things if one takes the time to play, to seek out, to try odd combinations.
The moon, for example. Bloated fish-belly moon or fingernail crescent? Cheshire cat grin foating amongst the clouds or pale, blanched orb? Try describing one thing in terms of something else entirely!
This is where making a practice of being observant in everyday existance comes in handy. Consciously being observant helps to make the connections between two disparate object which can make for a description that is leveled and full of nuance!
Odd phrases ... when something comes to mind--write it down because eventually it will be a perfect fit for something - or - there's a poem hiding within it.
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