My previous post, the last in my redrafting demonstration, was about emulating a poem or poet. Today, the Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub takes that to a whole new level. Laura challenges us to write a poem either about one of our favorite poets, or addressing a poet in direct voice. I think I’llContinue reading “Pleasure of Poetry”
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Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Seven: Emulate another poem or poet
Emulate another poem or poet I picked up a copy of The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics by Diane Lockward. In the Craft Tip #3 Poem and Prompt section, she talks about “Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop” by John Murillo. This poem is based on “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop. Take aContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Seven: Emulate another poem or poet”
Great Balls of Fire! A getaway pegacorn happens!
Last week I found two Sunday writing prompts. Let’s see what they have for me today: Poetic Bloomings‘ PROMPT #334 is “It Happens” and Mindlovesmisery’s Menagerie‘s Sunday Writing Prompt is “Great Balls of Fire” I thought I would combine the prompts and was mid-freewrite with the ideas, but then something happened. 🙂 Flying Free onContinue reading “Great Balls of Fire! A getaway pegacorn happens!”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Six: Redrafting for rhythm and rhyme
Looking over my favorite lines from my two upside-down poems in the last post, I started noticing some interesting, slightly altered repetition. But before we jump into the next round of drafts which will get us looking at rhythm and rhyme, I want to share something fun I found. Poemage Poemage is a visual close-readingContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Six: Redrafting for rhythm and rhyme”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Five: New Redrafting Ideas
The dVerse Poets Pub prompt for Poetics is Blue Tuesday. Sarah challenges us to write Blue poems which gave me an idea for another redraft, “Put a color on it.” This a great way to think about revising to emotion as well. When you’ve identified the mood and emotion you want your poem to convey,Continue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Five: New Redrafting Ideas”
Thinking about the smell of beautiful mistakes
Today I spent some time finding new poetry resources and sites to follow. I found a lot of prompts for today, but two stood out and I thought I would combine them (as I like to do) and write a poem. The first is the Sunday Writing Prompt from Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie. The prompt is “BeautifulContinue reading “Thinking about the smell of beautiful mistakes”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Four: More Redrafting
Preparing for today’s redrafting After all my redrafts, I plan to make my final choices and send a draft off for some feedback. I plan to try both Scribophile and Poetry Free for All. Both of these sites expect you to give feedback before you post asking for feedback, so I thought I would getContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Four: More Redrafting”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Three: Redrafting
The poem as I left it last: She stares out the kitchen window An impression arrests fruit flies in kitchen sinks full of ideasfrozen mid-irritation, like tinnitus of Meniere’s before the dizzying vertigostepping out of a spiral, the view becomes clear, as if finallyfinding the source of wafting, permeating decay Contentment empties the glue ofContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Three: Redrafting”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Two: The First Redraft
Exploring the Narrative Voice The Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is a great way to introduce the next step in my revision process. Ingrid challenged us to explore Narrative Voice. One of the first things I did in my poem review was look at the point of view and narrative of the poem. ItContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Two: The First Redraft”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part One: Review
The First Read I printed out my poem in larger than regular font (14pt) and 1.5 spacing. Then I read it aloud while walking around the room. The poem I’m reviewing is the first poem I wrote during NaPoWriMo last month: Breeding Fruit Flies with Two Different Eyes An impression arrests the fruit flies inContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part One: Review”
Experience Writing 