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In English class, predictably,
The teacher told us patiently
About the forms of poetry
And how to write them well.
Entranced by artful imagery
I read them quite ecstatically
And wrote with great tenacity
The stories I could tell.
Yet rarely do I make my vision clear
Excepting times when it has been required.
When I have been artistically inspired,
Elation soon gives way to primal fear.
To make myself so vulnerable, so bare
To all who see my poems, even me--
This angst obscures what needs to be set free
To make myself and others more aware.
I am an artist
Scared by what I'll find within,
Writing anyway.
To me, poetry
Is self-discovery, and
A healing process.
in spite of insecurity
I know I must write poetry
To give my muse some agency
And make myself unwind.
They never come out easily,
These feelings harbored secretly
But I must write on, hopefully
To ease my troubled mind.
Hello to anyone who stumbles upon this. As I was writing this poem initially, I realized that sticking to just one poetic form could not adequately express what poetry meant to me, so I decided to experiment with shifts in form from stanza to stanza. Hopefully this worked in its favor.
To anyone who has not seen my previous post, I am imposing a poetry challenge upon myself, and it needs your help to work; visit my userpage for the details.
Feel free to comment or leave a shout on my profile; I would like to know what the people here think of my poetry.
The teacher told us patiently
About the forms of poetry
And how to write them well.
Entranced by artful imagery
I read them quite ecstatically
And wrote with great tenacity
The stories I could tell.
Yet rarely do I make my vision clear
Excepting times when it has been required.
When I have been artistically inspired,
Elation soon gives way to primal fear.
To make myself so vulnerable, so bare
To all who see my poems, even me--
This angst obscures what needs to be set free
To make myself and others more aware.
I am an artist
Scared by what I'll find within,
Writing anyway.
To me, poetry
Is self-discovery, and
A healing process.
in spite of insecurity
I know I must write poetry
To give my muse some agency
And make myself unwind.
They never come out easily,
These feelings harbored secretly
But I must write on, hopefully
To ease my troubled mind.
Hello to anyone who stumbles upon this. As I was writing this poem initially, I realized that sticking to just one poetic form could not adequately express what poetry meant to me, so I decided to experiment with shifts in form from stanza to stanza. Hopefully this worked in its favor.
To anyone who has not seen my previous post, I am imposing a poetry challenge upon myself, and it needs your help to work; visit my userpage for the details.
Feel free to comment or leave a shout on my profile; I would like to know what the people here think of my poetry.
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This is pretty neat. I think experimental stuff like this is one of the most enjoyable avenues of poetry, when you just let it roll in whatever form it decides to take. Structure should never be a restriction, merely a tool.
As an entirely unaccomplished and decidedly-poor source of advice in the field, I do have a simple suggestion to make. You might want to tame the spacing a little bit, as it comes off a bit overwhelming to the passing eye. Just because our craft is designed around words, it's nonetheless a form of art, and aesthetic is a very important part. Of course, as my earlier (dis)qualification should suggest, feel free to take that advice with a grain (or a pound) of salt, as you see fit.
Good stuff though overall. Unfortunately, I'm not a particular connoisseur of form, so I can't help much with your contest, but just don't get too bogged down in the details while putting ink to page.
As an entirely unaccomplished and decidedly-poor source of advice in the field, I do have a simple suggestion to make. You might want to tame the spacing a little bit, as it comes off a bit overwhelming to the passing eye. Just because our craft is designed around words, it's nonetheless a form of art, and aesthetic is a very important part. Of course, as my earlier (dis)qualification should suggest, feel free to take that advice with a grain (or a pound) of salt, as you see fit.
Good stuff though overall. Unfortunately, I'm not a particular connoisseur of form, so I can't help much with your contest, but just don't get too bogged down in the details while putting ink to page.
Thank you for your feedback. I usually try to choose a form and challenge myself to stick to it completely; I'm more like Robert Frost than Walt Whitman in my opinion. About the spacing, I must have missed that the lines were too far apart when I pasted it from the document into the description, so I will fix that. Be sure to post a challenge for me if you are interested.
I like this.
I've done my own experimentation in a similar style in my own piece 'Echo-Bust II': https://www.furaffinity.net/view/11240966/
I've done my own experimentation in a similar style in my own piece 'Echo-Bust II': https://www.furaffinity.net/view/11240966/
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