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Brian Stansell replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers 3 years, 1 month ago
Hello again, Cainon @sir-leeds and Daeus @daeus-lamb
Here is a horrific idea that I had. It is only a few lines from the perspective of a Hive-controlled villain.
“You were not born. You were downloaded. You are nothing but fractalated bits of carbon and a series of charges. A code of randomization, that requires debugging. You have no fa…[Read more]
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Bethany replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
“Boo Radley”–that was really good! I loved the imagery! I agree with Anne on a favorite line–that whole stanza was my favorite actually.
I loved the idea of “watching the rain”. It seems to evoke an idea of patience and perseverance through a trial rather than “oh please help i don’t like this it hurts please save me…[Read more]
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Emily Waldorf replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
@sir-leeds and @anne-of-lothlorian
After reading my post above I don’t entirely agree with everything I said. You see, I think I have what could be called “sophomore syndrome” and “foot-in-mouth disease”: I have strong opinions that I don’t necessarily pause to think long about before I express them (strongly), and have a tendency to think I know…[Read more]
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Anne of Lothlorien replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
Wow. Just… uh… wow… 😯😭
That poem was amazing. Astoundingly simple in execution and deep in concept. My favorite line was ‘baptize themselves into the church of publication’. This right here… this is my favorite kind of poetry, the kind that makes me tear up because it touched a place in my heart I didn’t know could be touched and r…[Read more]
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Anne of Lothlorien replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
Thanks! 🙂
Boo Radley as in the character from To Kill a Mockingbird?? I have never heard him referenced by anyone else in conversation! XD Would you mind sharing the poem? I’m intrigued!
Tankas sound cool! I should try to write some. 🙂 I loved your October one! Too bad it’s too short. Just today I was walking around campus and…[Read more]
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Anne of Lothlorien replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
Yes, I’d definitely agree that if the traditional poem was better and more honest, I’d go with that, but if the free verse touches more people and is more honest, I’ll go with that. Personally, I find the vehicle of free verse easier to share emotions in almost any day, likely due to the lack of confinement. Not to say that all free…[Read more]
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Emily Waldorf replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 3 months ago
@sir-leeds, I agree with you that poetry should be genuine, but I disagree with your diagnosis. If you’re sacrificing meter and rhyming scheme for genuineness, all you’re left with is genuineness–no poetry at all. There are some themes that poetry was not meant to cover: some topics/themes that cannot be both what you describe as genuine and also…[Read more]
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Dakota replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 3 months ago
Oh, now you’ve got me in a corner! LOL! Let’s see – like say a villain set out to find hope for himself, that something that would fulfill him. Of course, he goes all the wrong patha looking for it, commiting all manner of evil to get it, but still is empty. Untill, right as he is commiting or aabout his worst evil yet, someone does…[Read more]
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Anne of Lothlorien replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 3 months ago
@sir-leeds Thanks for starting this topic! (I’m coming back to SE forums after probably a year of inactivity and this is my first discussion participation… I was wandering around looking for a conversation to join and immediately jumped on this one :D)
I am an adamant free verse advocate! I can understand how people grow up thinking it doesn’t…[Read more]
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Bethany replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 3 months ago
Ooh that was a good poem. It reminds me of “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”.
I think I agree with you on free verse. I’ll look into those poets. I just get frustrated with what I call “Instagram poetry”–you probably know the kind. All lowercase and it just seems like a paragraph cut up into random line breaks. And the messages…[Read more]
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Bethany replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 3 months ago
I will look into those poets. I want to read more poetry but it’s been hard knowing where to start. The Bible definitely has some amazing poetry! I think studying writing and poetry has made me appreciate the Bible’s literary qualities so much more. Ecclesiastes is probably my favorite–although I suppose it’s more poetic prose.
Well,…[Read more]
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Dakota replied to the topic For All Those Who Want to Help but Don’t Know How in the forum Poets 3 years, 3 months ago
@sir-leeds Well, it was meant to be lyrical. Most of what I write is meant to be song . . . someday. But sometimes, like this one, it was just me processing what I wanted to say to someone but didn’t know how. A song that was meant to be sung to someone but probably never will be.
So, in short, yes. Though I’m not really sure it would…[Read more]
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Dakota replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 3 months ago
@sir-leeds Hello!
I guess I would consider poetry part of who I am. It’s my way of processing, enjoying and struggling with life ever since I was little. Lately I haven’t written as many complete poems, (working full-time is more taxing on one’s creative life than I thought). Now I now expert by any means, but I still enjoy a good poem whenever…[Read more]
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Bethania Gauterius replied to the topic Authentic Poetry (not a poem) in the forum Poets 3 years, 3 months ago
I’m glad you brought this up. I’m a very amateur poet so I’m always trying to get ideas on how to improve. I have noticed that my best poems are the ones where I do get specific and personal. With poetry you want to pack as much as possible into few words so if you want your poem to be effective, I think you have to get concrete. One…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb started the topic archiving the guilds in the forum Announcements 4 years, 7 months ago
Heads up. We’re moving the guilds to the archives. You’ll still be able to access old posts, but you won’t be able to make new…[Read more]
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Violet started the topic skillshare in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 9 months ago
I just thought I’d share this, if someone didn’t know. For all you students out there, if you have a .edu e-mail you can get two months free on Skillshare. No I’m not sponsored, lol. I’ve been using this for about three weeks now and I’ve actually learned stuff, go figure.
If you’re like me and have had a little extra time on your hands then yo…[Read more]
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Emma Huckabee (Emma Starr) replied to the topic Any Camp Nano Poets? in the forum Poetry Discussions 4 years, 10 months ago
@sir-leeds Thank you so much for your thoughtful answer. 🙂
The word count goal has a conundrum for me. You brought up a great point that stories and poems are so different. I think that word count might work against my poetry. I’m not sure, but it seems like stories are better for word count goals.
This month I’m going to log all of the words…[Read more]
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Emma Huckabee (Emma Starr) started the topic Any Camp Nano Poets? in the forum Poetry Discussions 4 years, 10 months ago
Hey guys…so I’m a poet…and I’ve always pretended to be allergic to NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo. This was because I was thought, geez, a poet like me can’t do that.
Update: A friend of mine has, in fact, convinced me to do that.
I’m going to tackle a poetry editing goal and (I hope) a word count goal this month. So here I am.
I need…[Read more]
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Emma Huckabee (Emma Starr) replied to the topic I NEED YOUR HELP! ANSWER THESE 4 QUESTIONS!! in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 10 months ago
@phoenix @evelyn @kate @sir-leeds @deeprun @taylorclogston
Thank you all so much!! Your answers are all thought-provoking. Here are some of my thoughts…
@taylorclogston I used secular literature as a very general term. I define Christian literature as a work that is by a professing Christian. So I defined anything other than Christian as…[Read more]
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Emma Huckabee (Emma Starr) started the topic I NEED YOUR HELP! ANSWER THESE 4 QUESTIONS!! in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 10 months ago
I’m conducting a survey, and I would appreciate it SO much if you answered these questions:
- Do you believe Christians should read secular literature (literature produced by non-believers)? Why or why not?
- How should a Christian approach reading secular and/or non secular) literature?
- Can (secular and/or non secular) literature be a source…
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