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Creative Writing Prompts - The Christmas Letter
Exploring and exploiting the conventions of the family Christmas letter and the letter to Santa Claus offers writers a fun and striking holiday writing prompt.
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Haiku: An Easy Way to Write
Haiku poet Nicholas Klacsanzky discusses the main aspects of Haiku writing and understanding. With its stress-free style, it can be a viable solution to writing anxiety.
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How to Write a Poem in Octave-Sestet Form
Writing a poem in octave-sestet form requires planning and rewriting as well as an ear for rhyme scheme and meter. Use these tips to create an Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet.
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Prompts for Creative Writing – The Palindrome
The mirror or reverse effect of the palindrome provides creative writers with a new way in to any idea for a poem by illuminating hidden or abstract meanings.
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Taking a Poetry Workshop – Is it a Good Idea?
Poetry workshops are a tool to help poets write better and get published. But it's important to choose the "right" workshop, one that inspires and guides the poet.
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Understanding Poetic Imagery
By understanding the significance of crafting poetic imagery - poets are able to create profoundly heartrending or inspirational works that appeal to the sensations.
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Getting Published – A Poetry Workshop Can Help
An interview with the award-winning poet published in The New Yorker about her poetry workshop, teaching style, and publishing success of her students.
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Writing Poetry Inside The Body
Having a hard time getting started? Try this method for opening up to poetry in new ways and allowing the "inner poem" to find its its own body and voice.
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How To Learn From Poetic Devices of Famous Poets
One way to write more creatively and get out of a writing rut is to use poetic devices of famous poets. Learn from techniques used by famous or well-published poets.
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Publishing Poetry Chapbooks
With the number of poetry publishers and the titles they produce shrinking, many poets are turning to poetry chapbooks as a way of distributing their work.
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Entering Poetry Contests
Entering poetry contests can be a great way for would-be poets to get their work out there. Here are some tips for finding contests and submitting winning poems.
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Types of Poetry
Poetry comes in many forms, from free verse to the extremely restrictive haiku and the complex sestina. Here are ten of the most common types of poems.
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How to Write More Powerful Poems
Often, the more one consciously tries to write a poem, the more diminished the poem becomes. This article is about how to let the poem emerge by writing into the unknown.
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Alliteration as an Aid in Poetry
Speed up your maturity as a poet by understanding practiced methods of using allitteration.
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The Secret to Overcoming Writer's Block
The fear of not having anything to say, or saying it badly are among the key hurdles for many poets. But there are tricks to make writing easier and less threatening.
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When Bad Poetry Can Lead to Good
The way to write good poetry is not to start with a good poem but instead, arrive there after a journey of discovery. Here are ways to turn "bad" poetry into good.
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Publish Your Poems
At some point, virtually all poets want to share their work with more than just family and friends, but many don't know where to start.
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How to Write a Catalog Poem
Catalog poems are created from lists and are simple enough to be suitable for children and beginners but versatile enough for experienced poets.
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How to Give a Poetry Reading
When giving a poetry reading or reading poetry out loud, there are a few important guidelines to remember.
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Speculative Poetry
At the intersection of poetry and genre fiction, speculative poetry offers new creative avenues for diverse writers who may find themselves to be "strange bedfellows."
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Writing a Poem
Many people yearn to write better poetry but do not know how to improve their craft. The clue is to write from personal experience, include sensory details, and rewrite.
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Using the Thesaurus in Poetry
Though the thesaurus is used for various reasons, the most powerful way to enact this tool is to provide the most accurate representation of what you want in your writing
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Avoiding a Poetry Slump
Have you ever been in a poetry writing slump, and did not know what to do about it? An experienced poet shows an easy way to end our writing tribulations.
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A Basic Principle of Poetry Editing
Poetry editing can be a terrifying experience or a revelation. An experienced poet explains an essential feature to poetry editing that eases an author's effort.
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Poetry of Revolution
Throughout history, poetry has served as a call to arms for nations to unite in times of war and then as a romantic historical account of how those wars played out.
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