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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.

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... Turn all that once was believed to be true, inside out. Revealing the cracks, to better read the stories told between them.
By Rheanna Douglas5 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)5 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 Samiha5 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 Colon5 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 Colon5 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 Nicanor5 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. Welch5 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
Bury The Hatchet
To bury the hatchet we must first dig Unearth the things that have been forgotten left for dead infested with worms We must turn the soil
By Sarah Jane5 years ago in Poets
The 5 W's of Home
What does the body do at home? When does sleep relinquish its grip? Where are you when you’re here? If I were to define for you the home, you will expect me to define the family, which is a blood enclave,
By Aaron Restivo5 years ago in Poets
On the go
Always on the way, never arriving The inscription embedded in the verb stands in a row of sycamores Bringing sleepless longing to the sleeping birds
By thad ari5 years ago in Poets