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  1. J

    What is the literary term for using another author's poem style as a guide?

    For example, say I'm using the schem of one of Poe's poems, but I'm using totally different words and the meaning is totally different. How do I give credit to Poe? Is it an adaptation? Rendition? What is the term for this?
  2. M

    some advise on a rant i wrote, i dont know it its worth calling a poem or not.....?

    Why does life, have to be so complicated, if only we were born with some sort of manual of what to do, then maybe life would be easier, but isn’t life suppose to be hard, aren’t we suppose to suffer in life ? Aren’t we suppose to overcome every obstacle that life throws at us, because isn’t...
  3. O

    What do you think of my poem I wrote?

    Lips like Winter Her eyes they whispered secrets of past winters glassy expressions scintillating a remembrance spewing out blood like ice spaces shredded and sliced where echoes are lost sprawled about and tossed but breathing inside cracks and crevices dying slowly in increments solidified...
  4. S

    Can anyone create a poem from this wonderful piece of historical gossip?

    Reported by Captain Alexander Smith in The School of Venus.Circa 1716. Nell Gwynn,lover and patron of King Charles II,on discovering a rival had been invited to the King's bed,entertained the woman to a pre-coital dinner where she doctored her meal with"physical ingredients".........The effect...
  5. J

    My Poem on hit television show Saved By The Bell?

    This isn't that good, but I wanted to share it with you guys. My Poem on Saved By the Bell ________ Woke up in the morning, alarm was busted, jumped outta bed, groggy and rusted, fall down the stairs, say hi to Mariel… watchin news, and fighting with ma cereal Wishin’ life was more like...
  6. M

    What's an interesting topic you would like to read in a poem?

    Something new and different, there needs to be more variety in the poetry I read on here. Suggestions please people, I would like to write about it now. Jan Anything specific about childhood? Doesn't sound really original.....many people have written about it, including me. Danny and Cassie...
  7. F

    How does my short poem sound? JUST a draft!!!?

    Come one, come all and see the amazing corridor Watch as you see the hall stretch for miles and miles only to wonder, at the pit of your stomach, what is waiting at the dark end of the hall? Maybe, the unchained beast you’ve kept hidden in your head Haunting isn’t it? The chill you feel...
  8. M

    What's an interesting topic you would like to read in a poem?

    Something new and different, there needs to be more variety in the poetry I read on here. Suggestions please people, I would like to write about it now. Jan Anything specific about childhood? Doesn't sound really original.....many people have written about it, including me. Danny and Cassie...
  9. D

    What do you think of my poem?

    LOVE IS RARE -------------------------------------- Have you ever found love Did you ever feel it's power Has it ever maid you blind Have you ever felt it at work For all of those who don't know Love is rare You may never feel it more than once You may never find it at all But when you find...
  10. J

    Help with poem analysis?

    Help with poem analysis? Ok this is a poem by Rodney Hall. THE PUBLIC TURNS TO ITS HERO It was his feet we mostly saw, gigantic boots with rumpled uppers --- muffled drums upon our conscience; or else the skirts of his overcoat kniving like iron against his gaiters; or else the muzzle of his...
  11. L

    Grammar question in my poem?

    Ok i have a line in a poem i'm writing..which is right? "Who to blame? Who?" Or "Whom to blame? Whom?" Thanks!
  12. N

    To be Heard-a Poem by me. I would love feedback and a thought on if you think I...

    ...could get published? Title: To Be Heard..... There's a voice..in the absence of a silent quickness..Its asking with a hope.. Lit like a matched burned. Soon that tiny little thing will be that of a flicker blown.. Through a ghosts shadow, its a pray unsaid. A voice unanswered and guess what...
  13. V

    Please help! I need to write a diamonte and limrick poem about fashion!?

    It doesn't have to be specifically fashion, but it has to relate with fashion. Please help!!
  14. M

    Poll: What do you think about my new poem?

    May 31 Mon 2010 Fate Oh cruel fate how do I fight thy Once happiness comes to me It never seems to last So many tears I shed at night So many times I can hear my heart Breaking apart Demonic blood is coursing through my veins And my eyes blinded by dark shadows Feeling my heart racing Feeling...
  15. J

    1. Can someone simply give me a copy of the poem Time - by Allen Curnow?

    I forgot the handout my teacher gave me in school, i know the poem well i just can't find the actual poem online, Thanks, (:
  16. B

    How should I end my poem (about vanilla ice cream)?

    Okay, for homework we have to write a poem about our favourite food, and I chose vanilla ice cream. The thing is, I'm horrible horrible horrible at poetry, seriously, it's hopeless. I'm a high school sophomore but my poem sounds like it's by a 7 year old. Anyway, I have trouble ending my poem :S...
  17. D

    introduce me to love (poem advice)?

    An Introduction I am not known for chocolate, Silly songs, or pretty flowers, Venus oft times keeps me from All her alluring powers So just take my hand firmly, Don’t let me talk my way out of The things you wish to do with me Introduce me to love I’ve been told I’m only But a cold stone in...
  18. Y

    How to write and introduction on a poem?

    How to write a introduction on Gwen Harwoods The violets poem? urgent help?
  19. A

    Sorry I haven't posted in a while but here's a poem for you to read, could you...

    ...comment? In the sheltering shade of the forest Under the protection of the full moon I walk to the bed of the fallen To a place where moonlight never forgets to illuminate The winters frost from my last visit has long melted away leaving the dried leaves to crunch under my step. The swaying...
  20. P

    Venus Fly Trap: Short (funny?) poem inspired by nature programme. Please...

    ...read and tell me what you think? venus fly trap what is this thing digesting me does it know i'm still alive? what did i do? trapped in this ghee is it an insect or a hive? i should have had some health insurance i sigh and watch my health go south my prison shuts with such endurance can't...
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