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How-tos for all things poetry; learn how to analyze a poem, construct a haiko, differentiate between a metaphor and simile and more.

What is a Poem
What a poem should be Is worlds away from what it really is A poem should be easy to understand But they truly are a mystery
By Steph Ruff4 years ago in Poets
I Can’t Pretend To Understand
I can’t pretend to understand how it feels to be judged by the color of my skin, I can’t pretend to know the path that one is forced to walk,
By KD Meyer4 years ago in Poets
Poetry Gives Me the Freedom to Express Myself with Words
Since this month, I am so much more in fond of writing poems. I discovered so many more – to me – new poetry forms, from Japan to Italy to Nobodies-Land. I am so excited to discover all of them, and put all my creativity, emotions, feelings and thoughts into them and publish them, letting you know about it. Sharing these things makes me happy.
By Agnes Laurens4 years ago in Poets
That We May Rember
Open me up. Tear me apart. Take of me anything you need. Make of me everything I am meant to be. So that I may remember...
By Rheanna Douglas4 years ago in Poets
I need to write this before the words slip away completely
I need to write this before the words slip away completely... Maybe one day I'll go back and jigsaw the pieces of my brain
By Sur Ren Dirt (she/they)4 years ago in Poets
Learn How to Have Fun
Rule number one, Learn how to have fun Under the sun, Take a long run. Rule number two, Just be you, Don't to be someone new.
By Samiha4 years ago in Poets
Now and then...
Because sometimes or because other things. Depending on my mood is what I need. Depending on the weather is what I feel. Now and then, things could change.
By Kristel Miranda Colon4 years ago in Poets
There is no place...
There is no place like home. Is that one place you like the best, you feel the better. A place of comfort, a place of peace, of harmony.
By Kristel Miranda Colon4 years ago in Poets
The Becoming
Becoming something or someone takes time, enjoy yourself and your own company, your thoughts, your actions and feeling good around yourself, and the things you do in your time.
By Jessica Pedraza Nicanor4 years ago in Poets
5 Tips for Poets: How to Improve Your Poetry Writing Skills
Nothing beats the feeling I get when I sit down to write a poem. Especially if something really unique catches my attention. I love it when an idea gets sparked, or any number of other things all come together, and I find myself thinking, this would make a good line in a poem.
By Gregory D. Welch4 years ago in Poets
Sun, Moon and Flowers in Bloom
If you are lost in the struggles of life and looking for a home free from strife But you can't seem to find that certain place
By laura larson5 years ago in Poets
Origami Flowers Cannot Survive a Real Winter
Confused— lost between sheets of paper with problems I do not understand. And days that never seem to end, but do not last long enough.
By catchafrisbie5 years ago in Poets