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Ciel
I used to write poetry daily. I'd have to get my mind into a deep, meditative state before it would come. I realized very quickly that a large vocabulary helps.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 26, 2006 at 3:26 AM
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this was great advice.... but I've never been a poet either.
posted by
-blackcat
on August 25, 2006 at 2:41 PM
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ciel
i read your poems several times wanting to learn the presentation of poetry, i have a strange way that seems comfortable.i am entertained by the arranging of words and all its possibilities. much of the time i write and look at what it is, after its written to understand. and abstract writing seems like you can choose what it means to you.
i read poems from tolkien at24, nothing like that in his books.
posted by
appleworks7
on August 25, 2006 at 1:48 PM
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Ciel, Very interesting and with lots of good suggestions.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 25, 2006 at 1:02 PM
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Mademoiselle, you might be just who I am looking for--
Could you be a poet, following this advice? I mean, if you want to be poetic, and just don't believe that you can be?
The only people I am not trying to reach with this is those who simply don't have an interest in being poetical.
posted by
Ciel
on August 25, 2006 at 12:42 PM
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Sounds like good advice ...
I'm not a poet, though.
So, I wouldn't know.
Oh, also, there are several "rhyme finders" available online.
Blow ye winds, like the trumpet blows;
but without that noise.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 25, 2006 at 12:30 PM
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