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Wednesday, January 14, 2004

QUICKIE POETRY LESSON #2 FROM poetjpb TRY IT.

MAKE THE FIRST WORD OF THE POEM AN ACTION, A VERB AND GO FROM THERE. Example: My America poem is not my greatest, but it does show the verbs>>> AMERICA spinning, we toil, travail why? chasing, after what? acquiring to gain, want, wish, die. Why? America. (C) 2003 jpbrown BOOK of POETRY, a page a day... Sign in to see full entry.

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