poetry

Poetry in Tags

September 26, 2011

Flickr: Tag Poetry Find poetry in the tags used to index blogs and websites. I think it’s more about finding (and screen capturing) the right tags than writing them yourself (that would be too easy). But, you could write them. Make it look random and keep them alphabetical as if you just found them somewhere, [...]

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Rapping, Rhyming Writer Nerds

June 25, 2011

Can you write Nerd rapping rhymes? I wouldn’t have combined those ideas myself, I read about it on Byte Revel. Give it your best shot. Think geek, think nerd and set it to rap. I’m not a rap writer but here’s my attempt, short out of necessity. I’d feel silly if I let it keep [...]

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Hope Meets you Anywhere

June 21, 2011

No matter how far the distance you have traveled nor the failures that have gathered, hope would still meet you anywhere. ~ by Dodinsky It’s not hard to find inspirational quotes and poems and other small things to try to perk you up, give you some light at the end of the tunnel, etc. Some [...]

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Dodinsky’s Writings

March 8, 2011

Humble Beginnings We can not deny that often a truth and a lie have the same humble beginnings, intended to keep someone from harm, but in the scheme of things both have the same intensity to reduce someone to tears. Too Late Even if you find your voice, sometimes it does not matter anymore, when [...]

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Don’t Pick Up Lost Poems from the Ground

February 28, 2011

Looking for Poetry Don’t write poems about what’s happening. Nothing is born or dies in poetry’s presence. Next to it, life is a static sun without warmth or light. Friendships, birthdays, personal matters don’t count. Don’t write poems with the body, that excellent, whole, and comfortable body objects to lyrical outpouring. Your anger, your grimace [...]

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Your Welcome Home Party

January 29, 2011

It’s nice to come home after being away. You might be off on a safari or just away to the grocery store. But that feeling of being home again when you walk in the door is a nice one. My family used to have Welcome Home parties when we were a lot younger. My Dad [...]

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Haiku for a Sunny, Winter Day

December 21, 2010

It’s one of those sunny Winter days. Sunshine makes the snow look whiter, gleaming and sparkling like a field of diamonds. Write a haiku for such a great Winter’s day. Sunshine on snowflakes the season of ice and snow gives a warm welcome. Give it a try!

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Haiku for National Punctuation Day

September 23, 2010

National Punctuation Day is September 24th. This year they are looking for haikus with a literary theme. The site has several examples to give you added inspiration. If you want to submit your haiku for the contest send your best 5-7-5 (syllables, that is) poetry to Jeff@NationalPunctuationDay.com. Every culture has spelling, letters and rhyme in [...]

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Poetry: Put Yourself in Motion

October 3, 2009

From Journal Writing Cures by Mari L. McCarthy: Never written a poem before? Just start putting words on a page anyway you want, connect the words or paste in a picture and write down the words that you see, hear, smell touch and taste from it. A poem doesn’t have to rhyme or make a [...]

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II – Indie Ink

September 21, 2009

Indie Ink – II is for writers and artists who don’t just write about one thing; they are or want to be independent of categorization. They don’t just write about parenting or food, they don’t just write poetry, a photographer can also write, etc. Too often we’re lumped into a group in which we may [...]

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Rhyme Yourself Away

December 15, 2008

Write a poem, even if you can’t write poetry. Make sure all your lines rhyme. Whatever word you end up using at the end of your first line, have them all rhyme along with it. So you end up with a poem where the last word of each sentence is a rhyme. How many lines [...]

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Is your Meter Running?

September 25, 2006

Meter is one of those words with several meanings. It’s a measurement of size, though we spell it metre in Canada. It’s a device like a parking meter, measuring time. It’s also measurement of rhythm and pace. According to my Funk Wagnalls dictionary, a meter is: “A measured rhythm constituting one of the chief characteristics [...]

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