5 INFORMAL TIPS FOR GOOD POETRY
Lets chat about poetry, precisely some informal tips about making good verses. Poetry is an art, a dance, painting, or tapestry with words. It is deliberate, not just an expression...
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ENJAMBMENT: DON’T DISFIGURE YOUR VERSES!!!
I have seen too many poems with lines broken into rags by ‘poets’ who think that a poem is more beautiful if broken up into a thousand senseless bits. So...
THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF POETRY
No matter if you’re writing sonnets or lyrics to your next mixtape, these five things are essential to any poem. IMAGERY The only thing that will make your poetry powerful...
CAPITALIZATIONS IN POETRY: TO CAPITALIZE OR NOT TO CAPITALIZE?
To capitalize or not to capitalize? That is one question facing modern poets. Are poets expected to capitalize words in their poems – whether at the beginning or within their...
10 TREASURES I FOUND IN POETRY
Note: Some deliberate patterns are employed independently by the writer for the purpose of easy comprehension. I was just this frustrated kid who want to echo the giggles of life...
NO POETRY by Efe Ogufere
No Poetry could… Describe the beads of sweat, That form rivulets on Lamy’s back like dew. Explain how joy overflows In tears from eyes that have held sadness. Fathom how...
EULOGY AND PUFFERY by Ebi Robert
(for She I praise and exaggerate) My love shall make my lover a poetess For she is in love with a poet and Sense I speak in stanzas to praise...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: RACHEL IGE IS MAY WINNER
Rachael Ige has won the May 2017 edition of the monthly Words Rhymes & Rhythm backed BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) themed ‘THE 21ST CENTURY WOMAN’. Ige, a budding poet...
ACROSTICS POETRY: DEFINITIONS, EXAMPLES & NOTES
An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in the poems lines spell out a particular word or phrase, which is oftentimes the...
NWACHINEMERE: THE FLUTIST by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
A long time ago in the land of Ikwuanoh, there lived a beautiful damsel who happens to be the princess of the land. Her beauty made her a sought after...