I wanted to bring up a topic today that I think is rarely discussed in the Furry Fandom, and I feel it has yet to find a good footing among many readers and that’s Poetry. Now I have written poetry for quite some time, in fact I have written poetry for longer than I have written fiction. Problem with my poetry is, it’s rarely furry and I find it extremely difficult implementing a furry element into my poems. In fiction, most of what you write will probably exceed the neighborhood of five hundred words and I’m being very conservative here. Most publication requires your submission to exceed three to six thousand words, maybe even more. In that plethora of words and letters, you can be as descriptive as possible and give your story the required anthropomorphic twist. I argue that, with Poetry it can be a little more difficult. I think poetry has more things in common with works of art like photography or paintings, than most fiction since it does not rely solely on conflict. It’s more about the conveying of an idea and making that idea resonate with your audience. When conveying such ideas as death, anger, frustration and love. It’s not important to add an obligatory fox or wolf in the corner because conveying that idea doesn’t necessarily require it, and sometimes adding that type of element into a poem can seem a bit awkward or contrived.

I remember submitting a poem to Heat, in which I wrote about two couples in love and I was trying to convey the feelings they had for each other. I had to use words such as paws, tails and muzzle in order to convey the idea that these characters were furry. Though I felt It was a little mediocre at best and I obviously did not get accepted.

So in consideration of all this, do you write poetry and were you able to successfully implement a furry element to your poem. If so, how did you do it? No I’m not talking about wolves howling at the moon or deer running through a forest. I’m talking about full on anthropomorphic animals. If you don’t read poetry and a publication were to be released titled “A book of poems by furry writers” but lets say some of the poems in the book lack anthropomorphic elements to them, would that be acceptable to you and would you still read it? Would you like to see more book published in regards to poetry and the fandom?