The thoughts behind "Veneration"
"Veneration" is posted in the Main House.We all write to whatever style we so choose, but nonetheless, there is a protocol one must cling to to win contests or to please the powers. In order to make...
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I've wondered, myself. I write rhyme-and-meter...and the more intricate and demanding, the more satisfying I find it.It doesn't please the publishers anymore, (in my twenties, it pleased them...
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Here is a link ot the poem under discussion: VenerationSo many places one might submit poetry to stipulate "poetry that rhymes is NOT accepted". It is rather disheartening. Recently I submitted a few...
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Hi Ron, Eric and Jan...I think you are right on in your comment on cliche usage. I too had always believed it to be a phrase or expression that is very over-used. I never would have thought it would...
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Hello RonYou often raise interesting questions that will almost always draw a response from me, at least. Rather than arbitrary, I would suggest that poetry is subject to fashion and fashionable...
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To address the subtopic of ellisions...English of the period in question was not only still forming, it was heavily influenced by French, in which the elision of words across a vowel sound is still...
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Dear All,Yours are the best explanations I've heard. A joy to read and to ponder over.Cheers, jgd
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Hello Sue, so nice to see you again.I thought to offer my thoughts on clich since every man and his dog will call anything clich, as you suggest.The term clich, becomes confusing to many, mostly...
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Dear All,There is so much interesting comment here that I'll limit my comment to just one statement. My feelings are in direct opposition to that statement, and I'll cite it here to make it easier for...
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Hey, JG...there's a lot of stuff that many people call taking license with the language.(They're right...it's called a poetic license. Last I looked, yours was still current.)Come down to it, life's...
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I'll apologize for missing that contest-I've seemed to have misplaced myself.A little mess a while back that got cleaned up. First off: (Cue the dramatic music) I write free verse.(Cue Derics' grimace...
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thanks, pixibut understand, I truly wasn't hurt over this and wouldn't have mentioned it at all except in connection with the topic jg brought up. Truth is, from prior contests I knew the outcome: I...
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*cackle*Quote:but every time I've found a poet whose free-verse never fails to strike me as art and asked how it's done, I've been told "I dunno".You know. It *is* a damn hard thing to explain. I've...
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LOL at Pixie and Eric. Eric, you really don't want to know HOW I write free verse. Basically, I let the subject matter consume me, internalize it, and let it flow into words... in which ever style IT...
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It is I, Pixie! (Free Verse Cape flaps dramatic likes in the wind)Ahem.Hello Jan! Thanks for coming on into my insanity, poor grammar, and random thoughts that usually don't make much sense!You don't...
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Dear All,I am not an art lover. I do not groove on portraits, landscapes or modern art. Perhaps that gives me some insight.I can appreciate to a degree a beautiful painting of something my mind puts...
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