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Graham Jackson commented on the post, 3 Steps to Create a Vibrant Villanelle 6 years, 11 months ago
Happy writing! Thank you for reading.
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, 3 Steps to Create a Vibrant Villanelle 6 years, 11 months ago
Good to know! Happy writing. And thanks for reading.
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, 3 Steps to Create a Vibrant Villanelle 7 years ago
Hi Evelyn. I’m so glad you found the article inspirational! Thank you for reading. Happy writing.
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years ago
Mountains are where I’ll lay my head,
And in the ocean’s trench I’ll rest my feet
Till the stars above show me the path I’ve led.
The most I do is wonder at what’s said
Among the ruins of some distant, l […]
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years ago
Poems come in all shapes and sizes. Some are short like blips on a radar screen, provoking a burst of thought in the reader (haiku, for example). Others are long, sweeping songs full of passion, emotion, […]
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This was a helpful article and has inspired me to find a quiet nook and try my hand at a villanelle. (:
Thanks Graham!
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Hi Evelyn. I’m so glad you found the article inspirational! Thank you for reading. Happy writing.
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I haven’t tried a villanelle! Now it’s at the top of my lists of forms to try. 😉
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Good to know! Happy writing. And thanks for reading.
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Me neither but I’ll try and see. Thanks for the article.
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Happy writing! Thank you for reading.
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, 3 Timely Techniques Poets Can Steal from Classic Rhetoric 7 years, 1 month ago
Thank you for reading!
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, 3 Timely Techniques Poets Can Steal from Classic Rhetoric 7 years, 1 month ago
I’m glad poetry makes you happy! Poetry certainly makes me happy. Wasn’t it once said that “man die every day for from lack of poetry”?
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years, 1 month ago
A glance at the pages of history reveals that poetry is not a young art. Poets from the Greek and Roman epochs were often renowned rhetoricians—their speeches captured the minds, imaginations, and sensibilities o […]
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Ah, yay! A post about poetry. This makes me happy. (:
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I’m glad poetry makes you happy! Poetry certainly makes me happy. Wasn’t it once said that “man die every day for from lack of poetry”?
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Me too 🙂 ! Great ideas here. Thank you for posting
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Thank you for reading!
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You’re welcome.
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years, 4 months ago
My rushing sigh
Flows in and out
Like the ocean surf
That writes in the dark
On reams of slimy kelp
With the ancient ink
Of primeval octopi.
It’s as if the storming,
Obsidian face of waves
Is a mi […]
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Graham, this is wonderful. Just your simple way with words and the gentle sway added so much to the message itself. After reading it once, I feel as if I need to go through it again, just to soak in one more time its beauty.
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Mm, I agree with Libby. Simply beautiful. The swaying motion of the poem was entrancing.
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This poem is stunning. I felt connected to the poem at once. It did feel like I was being rocked on a boat. Great work!
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I cannot express how much I love this poem!! I’m printing this out and adding it to my poetry favorites collection. 🙂
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What a lovely poem! I relate very much to it.
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years, 6 months ago
Two broken
Youths in the wild wood
Watch the dying daylight fade
Among the ancient ferns,
Too broken
To see the colors
As they flame across the sky
And promise them warmth.
One, bro […]
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I love the structure! It’s really nice with the theme.
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I love how beautiful your picture is, but how, at the same time, it’s rather vague, and gives the reader room to fill in the blanks. I like how you did this a lot.
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This is so cool!
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I love this one! The repetition tells a powerful narrative in and of itself, and the short simplicity of every line makes you focus and listen. Excellent work!
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years, 7 months ago
When you take the leap and attempt writing poetry, you’ll find a multitude of tools at your disposal. Some are self-explanatory, some are surprising, and some are downright strange. All you need is practice. You c […]
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I knew this was going to be a good article when I saw the squirrel, and I wasn’t disappointed. 😛 Personification is one of my favorite literary techniques, so it was nice to see it get some attention. These are some great insights! 😀
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Hey there! Thanks so much for the kind comments on my articles. If you would like to follow more of my writings (mostly poetry and such) you can search up my Substack. It’s titled “After-Image.” I’d share the URL here, but not sure if it will come out. Again, thank you for the kind encouragement, and happy writing!
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, 3 Unique Ways Poetry Affects Us 7 years, 9 months ago
Thank you, Jonathan. I will proudly resemble “quasi-clickbait” as long as I am saying something meaningful, and relevant. 🙂
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago
I have a couple confessions to make.
First, I am biased toward poetry, not because I believe it is inherently better than other art forms (like novel writing), but because poetry is largely misunderstood. […]
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Very interesting! Thank you!
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Poetry certainly speaks in its own unique way.
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Thank you, Jonathan. I will proudly resemble “quasi-clickbait” as long as I am saying something meaningful, and relevant. 🙂
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I get that this is late, but I really enjoyed this Graham. Thanks for writing it.
I love “This is Just to Say” and other poems like it, but more often than not, my friends frown when I read it to them and say, “That’s not poetry.” I wish there was more good nonconformity like you described in point #1 among poets and publications.
Point #2 definitely resonated with me too. I’ve seen poets who place embellishment and dramatization above that sense of honesty and I think what could’ve been a remarkable poem becomes bloated, tiresome, and feels inauthentic.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts!
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago
You have never seen life until you’ve stepped
in a fall of rain, as Autumn slow and long
creeps to hidden music, a Tuesday song
on a steel-gray morning, in a chair you’ve kept
for the Friend who may yet com […]
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There are few things I love more in this world than the rain. Thunderstorms soothe me and the smell of the rain is like nothing else!
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I could feel this and almost smell the rain. I love this!
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I keep rereading this because it’s just so beautiful. I love rain, and the diction and imagery in this poem…wow. I love the texture of this poem. (Is that an odd comment/does it make any bit of sense? haha) And the line breaks really tie in well with the lines about not needing to rhyme and having its own peculiar form. Anyway, I’ll quit gushing, but this is lovely. ^.^
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, Letter to a Wildflower Friend 7 years, 10 months ago
“You have yet to meet all of you.” Truly blown away by this poem, no pun intended. What a beautiful use of language to convey such redemptive human qualities. Keep doing what you’re doing, poetry buddy. 🙂
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, Fortress 7 years, 11 months ago
Thank you so much! I have to say, I like how the ending turned out. It genuinely surprised me when I wrote it.
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, Fortress 7 years, 11 months ago
Yay Poetry Buddy! And thank you, I appreciate the encouragement.
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Graham Jackson commented on the post, Fortress 7 years, 11 months ago
Thank you!
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Graham Jackson wrote a new post 7 years, 11 months ago
I’m used to thinking
this city of the world
proud and impregnable,
with our ideals the bunting,
vividly shaded on election
day, with the hum of hymns
for social justice ringing in
my ears—hear ye, hear ye! […]
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Beautiful words that are both simple and well-chosen — an art itself. I love reading your work, poetry buddy! 🙂
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Yay Poetry Buddy! And thank you, I appreciate the encouragement.
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I love the picture that accompanies this! Thanks for sharing your work! Then ending was my favorite.
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Thank you so much! I have to say, I like how the ending turned out. It genuinely surprised me when I wrote it.
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Thank you!
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Nice job! 😀
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Wow, this really makes one think. I love the metaphor of “the fortress in between my ears.” Very nice work!
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Beautiful! I especially appreciate the line, “It’s no man’s land that the sun drowns red.”