Recognition for New Poets

[Jennifer C]

Introduction to Poetry


I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.

But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.


Billy Collins

 

[Jennifer C]

To Be a Poet

Life taught me long ago
that music and poetry
are the most beautiful things on earth
that life can give us.
Except for love, of course.

In an old textbook
published by the Imperial Printing House
in the year Vrchlickys death
I looked up the section on poetics
and poetic ornament.

Then I placed a rose in a tumbler,
lit a candle
and started to write my first verses.

Flare up, flame of words,
and soar,
even if my fingers get burned!

A startling metaphor is worth more
than a ring on ones finger.
But not even Puchmajers Rhyming Dictionary
was any used to me.

In vain I snatched for ideas
and fiercely closed my eyes
in order to hear that first magic line.
But in the dark, instead of words,
I saw a womans smile and
wind-blown hair.

That has been my destiny.
And Ive been staggering towards it breathlessly
all my life.


Jaroslav Vrchlicky
Czech poet of the nineteenth century

Translated by Ewald Osers

 

[Jennifer C]

THE POETS ROOM

has nothing in it.
No comfortable furniture,
no TVs, voices,
clocks ticking, nothing
except beats of air and blood
pulsing through your lungs.

You take a clean breath
and quietness comes in.

Your favorite films start flaring
on theatres of walls, whenever
you are brave enough
to chase your images
with words.

In a future with few blank walls,
libraries are hushed museums,
where crowds devour your books.
Others enter,
startled, tremulous.

Back to the Poets Room.
The bare room,
friendly in a dismal
daring way.

Here you can eat rocks,
jump precipices
and always recover, provided
you have pen and paper
to catch you.


- Judith Pordon

 

[Jennifer C]

Just a few poems to help ya with inspiration

 

[Jennifer C]

Pretty Words


Poets make pets of pretty, docile words:
I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fish
Which circle slowly with a silken swish,
And tender ones, like downy-feathered birds:
Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed deer in herds,
Come to my hand, and playful if I wish,
Or purring softly at a silver dish,
Blue Persian kittens fed on cream and curds.

I love bright words, words up and singing early;
Words that are luminous in the dark, and sing;
Warm lazy words, white cattle under trees;
I love words opalescent, cool, and pearly,
Like midsummer moths, and honied words like bees,
Gilded and sticky, with a little sting.


Elinor Wylie

 

[Jennifer C]

POETRY

And it was at that age...Poetry arrived
in search of me. I don't know, I don't know where
it came from, from winter or a river.
I don't know how or when,
no, they were not voices, they were not
words, nor silence,
but from a street I was summoned,
from the branches of night,
abruptly from the others,
among violent fires
or returning alone,
there I was without a face
and it touched me.

I did not know what to say, my mouth
had no way
with names
my eyes were blind,
and something started in my soul,
fever or forgotten wings,
and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire
and I wrote the first faint line,
faint, without substance, pure
nonsense,
pure wisdom
of someone who knows nothing,
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
unfastened
and open,
planets,
palpitating plantations,
shadow perforated,
riddled
with arrows, fire and flowers,
the winding night, the universe.

And I, infinitesimal being,
drunk with the great starry
void,
likeness, image of
mystery,
I felt myself a pure part
of the abyss,
I wheeled with the stars,
my heart broke loose on the wind.


Pablo Neruda

 

[Jennifer C]

this is wistfully cute Du,

I have to agree, this is a lovely piece du~

Thanks for sharing

 

[My Erotic Tale]

I was asked what style of poetry I write?

I didn't know how to answer that ...

I don't feel I have a style, (do I?)
I usually write what I feel and the length
of the expression determines the line length
as well as the building of the satanzas
in other words it forms itself?
Is this good or bad or just in experience?

 

[My Erotic Tale]

I know somebody else who has a sexy AV <grin>

 

[Jennifer C]

I was asked what style of poetry I write?

I didn't know how to answer that ...

I don't feel I have a style, (do I?)
I usually write what I feel and the length
of the expression determines the line length
as well as the building of the satanzas
in other words it forms itself?
Is this good or bad or just in experience?

I'm with you Art, I don't have a style either I just write what I write how it comes! lol, not sure if that is good or bad either, but i like your thoughts about it forming itself!

 

[Jennifer C]

I know somebody else who has a sexy AV <grin>

lol, why thank you my friend, flattery will get you everywhere!

 

[Du Lac]

I have to agree, this is a lovely piece du~

Thanks for sharing

thank you J
I am pretty impressed reading yours... Art always impresses me.. and blue makes my frown to a smile that radiates like moonbeams on a dark lake...
du~

 

[Jennifer C]

thank you J
I am pretty impressed reading yours... Art always impresses me.. and blue makes my frown to a smile that radiates like moonbeams on a dark lake...
du~

Thank you du~ and your welcome! Love your work!

Art always impresses me too and i'm loving blues work right now!

 

[Jennifer C]

Got some more forms for all those new poets who want to try something new!

POETRY FORMS AND TERMINOLOGY

 

[Jennifer C]

Found an excellent site today ~ It not only tells you some of the forms but gives you examples as well.

I can't wait to try some of these...

Here's the link for ya... :D

Poetry Samples

I really reccomend you take a look at this it's really very helpful...

 

[Jennifer C]

How to write Haiku

In japanese, the rules for how to write Haiku are clear, and will not be discussed here. In foreign languages, there exist NO consensus in how to write Haiku-poems. Anyway, let's take a look at the basic knowledge:

What to write about?

Haiku-poems can describe almost anything, but you seldom find themes which are too complicated for normal PEOPLE's recognition and understanding. Some of the most thrilling Haiku-poems describe daily situations in a way that gives the reader a brand new experience of a well-known situation.

The metrical pattern of Haiku

Haiku-poems consist of respectively 5, 7 and 5 syllables in three units. In japanese, this convention is a must, but in english, which has variation in the length of syllables, this can sometimes be difficult.

The technique of cutting

The cutting divides the Haiku into two parts, with a certain imaginative distance between the two sections, but the two sections must remain, to a degree, independent of each other. Both sections must enrich the understanding of the other.
To make this cutting in english, either the first or the second line ends normally with a colon, long dash or ellipsis.

The seasonal theme.

Each Haiku must contain a kigo, a season word, which indicate in which season the Haiku is set. For example, cherry blossoms indicate spring, snow indicate winter, and mosquitoes indicate summer, but the season word isn't always that obvious.

Please notice that Haiku-poems are written under different rules and in many languages. For translated Haiku-poems, the translator must decide whether he should obey the rules strictly, or if he should present the exact essence of the Haiku. For Haiku-poems originally written in english, the poet should be more careful. These are the difficulties, and the pleasure of Haiku.

Taken from Haiku for people

 

[BooMerengue]

Found an excellent site today ~ It not only tells you some of the forms but gives you examples as well.

I can't wait to try some of these...

Here's the link for ya... :D

Poetry Samples

I really reccomend you take a look at this it's really very helpful...

This is why I posted the Challenge thread, Jen. You go ahead and make a Challenge. If I do certain people avoid my nic like the plague. I know why though, and I consider it a compliment, but it makes for poor turnout. You do it and see if you get a better response.

 

[Jennifer C]

Bump

Had to bump this ~ with all the great new poems and calls for reviewers thought this might be useful...

 

[My Erotic Tale]

Had to bump this ~ with all the great new poems and calls for reviewers thought this might be useful...

Thank you Jennifer

there are some great links and guides as well as discussions in this thread...somewhere...

I would still like to find a formatt or example of...styles <grin>

I went to basic poetry .com and they show sonnets, limerick odes and a few
but they don't touch on style per say.

 

[Jennifer C]

Thank you Jennifer

there are some great links and guides as well as discussions in this thread...somewhere...

I would still like to find a formatt or example of...styles <grin>

I went to basic poetry .com and they show sonnets, limerick odes and a few
but they don't touch on style per say.

Hey Art ~ you're welcome I know this is a very useful thread.

I'll have to go and check what i've got but there are some poetry guides and links on my 'Recognition for New Poets' thread, you might want to have a look through it and see if there is anything that might be helpful.

 

[Jennifer C]

This is why I posted the Challenge thread, Jen. You go ahead and make a Challenge. If I do certain people avoid my nic like the plague. I know why though, and I consider it a compliment, but it makes for poor turnout. You do it and see if you get a better response.

Thanks Boo, I might do that...

 

[Jennifer C]

Diamonte:

Diamonte poems are easy poems to write. You need to think of a subject and its opposite and then follow the format listed below:

First line: one word (subject).

Second line: two adjectives describing the subject

Third line: three words ending in -ing telling about the subject

Fourth line: four words, the first two describe the subject and the last two describe its opposite

Fifth line: three words ending in -ing telling about the opposite

Sixth line: two adjectives describing the opposite

Seventh line: one word (opposite from the first line)

 

[Ninja Nookie]

Now Art, this thread is a must for new poets. I always enjoyed getting mentioned here.

 

[Jennifer C]

Now Art, this thread is a must for new poets. I always enjoyed getting mentioned here.

Yeah same here, why did you stop mentioning new poems here Art?... I've been meaning to ask...

 

[Ninja Nookie]

I assume I have to write a poem to get mentioned on this thread again? I miss those days. I am here if you need me suger.