POETRY CAN ALSO BE FICTION

     The noted English Romantic poet, William Wordsworth once defined poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings..."  This quite naturally may lead one to surmise that poetry comes directly from the heart and soul, and that it is a personal and genuine emotion based on fact and reality. 

And while this  may be true for the most part, the truth for the other part is that poetry can also be fiction.

     A poem in general should contain within it a number of the  elements of fiction. They should have a character(s), a plot, setting, mood, theme, POV, and so on down the line as the poet deems necessary. 

 A poem should also contain some type of beginning, middle, and end of the story that it is telling.

So keep this in mind as you create poetry. The story and situations taking place in your poem(s) can be real or they can be totally a figment of your imagination!

EXAMPLE OF A COUPLET POEM

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The Rose of Battle   W. B. Yeats

Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! The tall thought-woven sails, that flap unfurled Above the tide of hours, trouble the air, And God’s bell buoyed to be the water’s care; While hushed from fear, or loud with hope, a band With blown, spray-dabbled hair gather at hand, Turn if you may from battles never done, I call, as they go by me one by one, Danger no refuge holds, and war no peace, For him who hears love sing and never cease, Beside her clean-swept hearth, her quiet shade: But gather all for whom no love hath made A woven silence, or but came to cast A song into the air, and singing passed To smile on the pale dawn; and gather you Who have sought more than is in rain or dew, Or in the sun and moon, or on the earth, Or sighs amid the wandering, starry mirth, Or comes in laughter from the sea’s sad lips, And wage God’s battles in the long grey ships. The sad, the lonely, the insatiable, To these Old Night shall all her mystery tell; God’s bell has claimed them by the little cry Of their sad hearts, that may not live nor die. Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing. Beauty grown sad with its eternity Made you of us, and of the dim grey sea. Our long ships loose thought-woven sails and wait, For God has bid them share an equal fate; And when at last, defeated in His wars, They have gone down under the same white stars, We shall no longer hear the little cry Of our sad hearts, that may not live nor die.

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GOODREADS POETRY CONTEST

Goodreads and the iPOETRY! group have partnered to host an ongoing poetry contest.

Submit your poem(s) for consideration.

Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here.

Log on to goodreads.com for further details

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On Friday 10/31 @5 pm POETS HOUSE presents Haunted Poets House: A Halloween Reading and Celebration  for children.

Parents, bring your child in costume to hear monstrous, spooky verse by such poets as Shel Silverstein, Robert Louis Stevenson and others.

Log on to poetshouse.org for details

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Evening Street Review and Press is now accepting poems for publication. They currently offer two prizes:

1- The Sinclair Poetry prize is awarded during odd years, for the best full-length manuscript of original poems.

2- The Helen Kay Chapbook prize is awarded for poetry exceeding 35 pages.

Both awards include a monetary prize, inclusion in the review and printing of the award-recipient's book.

For info log on to eveningstreetpress.com

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POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL AWARDS


Each year from October thru December the Poetry Society holds contests for poets at all stages of their careers.

A prize for high school students, our Chapbook Fellowships for, and our award for a poet over 40 who has published no more that 1 book.

These are just a few.  Accepting submissions from 10/1--12/22

For more info and guidelines click on poetrysociety.org

SIMPLY WRITE A POEM

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COUPLETS

A couplet poem is simply composed of two-line stanzas that rhyme. Although couplets seem very, well, simple, they can be disappointing or uninteresting without some planning.

Thinking of your poem as a little story or a description of an activity can be a way of adding interest. For example, here is a simple couplet. 

Music

Voice of instruments fill the air

Sounds of music everywhere.

Using the above as a guide, follow these simple steps to write a couplet poem:

{1} Select a subject (music)

{2} Write a first line about the subject (Voice of instruments fill the air)

{3} List words that rhyme with the last word in the line. bear, care, dare, chair, everywhere,________, _________, _________,

{4) Write a second line ending with a rhyming word from your list (Sounds of music everywhere.)

{5} Follow these same steps over and over to write other couplets about your topic. 

 The violins are singing

 And the tambourines are ringing.

And that is how to simply write a poem.         

Write as many couplets as you need to tell your story!

HERE IS A SIMPLE COUPLET POEM. NOTICE HOW THE TWO LINES ARE MADE TO RHYME WITHIN A FOUR LINE FORMAT.

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BY EMILY DICKINSON

I asked no other thing.

No other was denied.

I offered Being for it;

The mighty merchant smiled.

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Brazil? He twirled a button,

Without a glance my way;

"But madam, is there nothing else

That we can show to-day?"

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SIMPLY WRITE A POEM will provide you with step-by-step guidance for writing a variety of poetry forms with detailed examples. These instructions can be utilized by poets on all levels of writing experience.      STAY TUNED!

WRITING YOUR FIRST POEM

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     The best way to write your first poem is to just do it. There are no magic formulas, secret incantations, or special recipes to help you out. Writing your first poem is about putting pen to paper and getting it done, the old-fashioned way, writing it down....READ MORE ezinearticles.com/?expert=james_c_dudley