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@taylorclogston I thoroughly enjoyed reading this! First: this could be described as flash fiction, if you wanted to. I would say that it qualifies very loosely as poetry– yes, the feel and lyric of it is very poetic, but the form doesn’t fit into any poetic category (rhyme, meter, blank verse, line breaks, annoying loss of punctuation).
I absolutely love the word choice of this. If you decide to continue writing similar pieces, the rich verbs and nouns are perfect! With that said, in a couple places it’s a little unclear as to what you are referring to: “‘Needles, fungus, ozone-smell’ scurried out of sight. I smiled fondly after it, and marked its page…”, for example. What is the “it” the character is smiling at– the book? the little creatures? the smells? Maybe using the word “them” instead would make it more clear, especially since you describe the book with “it” in the next phrase.
That’s really all I have to say here. The piece is beautiful, and the whole concept is great. Keep it up!
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
@evelyn The Dickens reference is from A Tale of Two Cities, which happens to be one of my favorite books. Let’s just say that I’ve read it more than once… 😉
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
Hello @evelyn ! (Thanks, @libby , for letting me know about this post 🙂 ) Right now, I am actually working on putting together a short anthology of my best/favorite short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. The (working) title of the anthology is “A Silver Thread” (Dickens reference; I’m a nerd), and I am using the connection of time to link everything/most everything I am including in the collection together. Time is a pretty vague subject, but I consider it to
I don’t think that this has to be the case for everyone, though– if there isn’t a specific theme that shows up in many of your poetry, the collection doesn’t have to have a specific theme. On the other hand, if you want to see, say, color (to use a more abstract theme), be the overall focus of your collection, try to either pick some of your poetry with that theme or write some more. 🙂
To summarize all of that: I don’t think it is necessary to have a plot/theme throughout your collection, but if it turns out that you kind of already do based on the subjects you tend to write about, go with it. Hope this helps!
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
@lady-iliara @scribbles Thank you! It’s great to find other like-minded people (and/or other people with strict English teachers 😉 )
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
@rosiequill @ethryndal @mariposa Thank you so much!
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
Poetry is amazing. And it’s fun to write! I especially enjoy sonnets and nonsensical rhyming poetry, but I write almost any type of poetry I read. There’s no particular method of writing or thought process I use; I simply write. Some of my nonsense poems are posted on my blog (hehe), and here’s a recent sonnet I wrote (Shakespearean style):
I see my pale reflection in the glass
A bending author peers right back at me
The mirror my whole self does not hold fast
Through ink stains on my hand the glass can see.
Discerning and a careful look I wear
And in my eyes are worlds I only know
But if I were my works from years compare
The fairy dust would always fall so low.
I wield a rough and all-unable pen
Thus far I have traversed and written all
So for myself with my words I will fend
Tools forged in ink are at my every call
If others see me this way I know not
No matter—words will still be formed from thought.*grins and sighs happily* Poetry.
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
I’m not fluent at all but I enjoy studying and learning languages. I’d love to look at your poetry!
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
Another artist! Some of my artwork:
(that’s a pencil sketch of a photo I took of my cat yawning)
(yes I enjoyed The Greatest Showman)
(and an acrylic frog)
It’s great to meet y’all, and *wow* there a lot of talent in this thread! Keep up the good work. 🙂
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
Hmmmm… I like this!
(One) villain: Jorram- loyal, passionate, hardworking, skilled in weaponry, charming (when he wants to be).
Protagonist: Esla- impulsive, stubborn, resentful, self-focused (not quite selfish, just she doesn’t tend to think about what others think/feel until they are literally dying), slightly gullible.
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
Hm… I love the Cheveis Trilogy by Bryan M. Litfin, and I enjoy the content of the Left Behind series, although I cringe more often than should be necessary at the writing quality and style.
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
@quinn-ofallon I have not read that series… I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation, and nice to meet you, Quinn!
A writer is a world trapped in a person. -Victor Hugo
