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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.
On Writing Poetry
The Hemingway "6 word story that made a woman cry" bet is fascinating but mostly because it's part of his Babe Ruthian sized mythis. We don't really know if it went down that way or at all truthfully, there's conflicting history and much hearsay on the topic. It may have been added to or pumped up for effect, we are dramatists after all, and some of us are drunk, another legendary Hemingway trait, historically indulgers seem to whip up a lot of tall tales.
By Barb Snodgrass3 years ago in Poets
Cordonostic Poems - The Poetic Form I Created Myself ...
The bird in the photo may be a suitable poetry prompt for you, for creating your first Cordonostic poem, or you may have your own things you want to write about. I may have a think about the bird, and create a new Cordonostic poem, especially for the bird, and this post, fun! If I do write that poem, it will be under the one I wrote some time ago, which is underneath the explanation of what a Cordonostic poem is, below.
By Carolyn Cordon3 years ago in Poets