Katherine Baker

@lin

I feel like I’m arriving late to the party. 🙂

First off, wow! Your poem was so good! Sweet and innocent, but still filled with deeper meaning. I love it! I know you’ve been saying you’re Dutch, so is English a second language? If it is, that makes your poem all the more impressive.

I won’t try to duplicate efforts with @evelyn too much, b…[Read more]

@maddiejay

Seriously. This is so much fun for me!

@maddiejay

Wow! That’s excellent! Thanks for smoothing it out.

@h-jones

Wait. We’re supposed to be regal and mysterious?

It was nice knowing you all, but I just failed the poet exam. 😛

@the-fledgling-artist

The fact that it took ages is mostly my fault. I’m way too wordy. 🙂

@eden-anderson

Favorite poets… I love the Psalms of David, Edgar Allan Poe,  Robert Frost, Robert Lous Stevenson, Gwendolyn Brooks… that’s all I can think of right now.

@the-fledgling-artist

I hope I’m not tagging you to death!

If you try to edit one of your poems, I’d love to see what you do!

@the-fledgling-artist

Alrighty! I got myself a bit more free time, so let me try to help with your second poem. This is such a sweet poem…

So, when you have a more measured poem like this one, you need to decide on a pattern and stick with it. You have points where every line rhymes, and you have points when you alternate. You have sections…[Read more]

@mariposa

Ooh, I can’t wait to read those too! They look good!

@the-fledgling-artist

When I have more time, I’ll discuss meter with you a bit. 🙂

@the-fledgling-artist

Have a bit of time now. Let’s see how far I can go.

I agree with Evelyn on your first poem. The thought behind it is beautiful.

I think the goal here is to Show, Not Tell. Right now, you are telling me what I should see, but you aren’t letting me feel it. Poetry is all about feeling something.

In order to help me feel the…[Read more]

@the-fledgling-artist

I love them! The second one in particular is gorgeous! What a lovely message!

When I have a bit more time I’ll take a closer look. Just wanted to let you know it’s on my radar. 😉

@maddiejay

Thanks for thinking about it for/with me. I tried to mess with it a little before posting it here, but what I was doing didn’t quite work either. Here’s an edit I tried, if it helps you figure out what’s wrong:

There is a tea stain on my desk,

and a letter never sent.

“Hello, how have you been?

“I’ve missed you,

“I’m sorry.”[Read more]