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  • Evelyn replied to the topic I have a crazy idea… in the forum Poetry Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago

    @daeus-lamb Ah yes! What I’ve read so far from The Roar on the Other Side has been really helpful. I’d recommend it too.

    @the-fledgling-artist  I’ll take any kind of hug. 😉 Really though, you helped me a lot with art tips, so consider this settling the debt! 🙂

    Would you suggest getting comfortable with free-style, and then easing into meter? Or is it better to figure out meter before messing with free-style?

    Honestly I don’t know… @libby @h-jones @kb-writer @other-poets What do you guys think?

    I don’t think there’s a wrong order or a right one. Maybe start with the one that interests you the most? *shrugs*

    Do you have any other tips for someone who is TERRIBLE at coming up with rhymes?

    Practice! Ask a sibling for a word and thing right down everything that you can think of that rhymes with it. Usually I go through the alphabet to help think of words. For example, say I have the word “Night” I identify the ending sound “-ight” and then go through the alphabet:

    A: Nope.

    B: Yep! “Bite,” and “Bright.”

    C: “Kite”

    D: Nope.

    E: Nope.

    F: Yep! “Fight” and “Fright”…

    Etc.

    For specific cases, sometimes I use http://www.rhymes.net. I just search the word I’m trying to find a rhyme for and then it pops up with a list. The only downside are ads. 😛 Instead you could buy a rhyming dictionary. I’ve heard from a couple people they’re helpful, but I’ve never actually used one myself, so I don’t know which ones are good.

    Oh yeah, last question, if I force myself to write a few poems do you think you could critique them?..

    Sure! 🙂

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