Poetry: Exploration And Experience
Are you ready to abandon your poems? Before you toss your newest poem away, revisit it using some exercises that have proven helpful to poets who are feeling “stuck.” If you explore some of these ideas, you may be steps closer to placing your poetry in a well-known literary journal.
You can make submissions on your […]
Poetry + Advertising = Are You Kidding?
Using Your Own Poetry to Advertise – Friday, August 27, 2004
Have you ever written a poem for somebody before?
Have you ever written a catchy saying on someone’s birthday or anniversary card?
Have you ever written a love letter to someone?
Simple, catchy poems or sayings are very easy to create and an even better way to promote […]
Online Poetry Community Begins Topic Slam Competitions
Urbanlivez.com, underground hip hop poetry forum is looking for poets, rappers and lyricists.
Atlanta, GA, July 20, 2004 — The Urbanlivez.com online urban poetry community has jumped on to the band wagon of the popular hip-hop, rap battle forum trend. But with a twist. The community is beginning a moderated Poetry Slam Battle Forum.
This hip-hop battle […]
Mindfulness and Poetry: Delicious Word Awareness
Everyone’s a poet.
Of course, everyone’s a critic, too! This means that there are plenty of opportunities to heighten our awareness of words and how we use them.
Words create pictures, and just as a painter uses a combination of colors and strokes to express a concept, we offer an artistic rendering of thoughts through carefully chosen […]
Mechanical Poetry Techniques: Part Two
What do you do when you want to write poetry? I hope your answer is “I start writing.” Even writing a bad poem is better than waiting for the “right words.” You can always throw it away, and the process has begun. You’ll start to find the words sooner than if you just waited. Here […]
