Welcome back y’all! First of all, I just wanted to say thank you to those of you who come back every day to read my posts. Thank you! 🙂 I feel lucky enough to have a place I can come and spread my ideas and opinions through, but it would sort of be meaningless if […]
Ever wanted to be a successful poet in your life? Are you taking poetry as a passion or a profession? Worry not, I have got all the tips that will make you successful in this exciting journey. Today we will talk about how you can be a successful poet in life. The last time we […]
via HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL POET WITH 15 TRICKS. — THE SEVENTH WORD FEEL
The mysterious sonnet “Why did I laugh tonight? No voice will tell” indicates in its incipit line that the poet laughed while he was on his own, so it was not a response to some kind of social stimulus. He can’t get any answer from heaven or hell, so he turns to his own heart. […]
“Language most shows a man: Speak, that I may see thee. It springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of us, and is the image of the parent of it, the mind. No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech. Nay, it is likened to a man; and […]
via Duels, imprisonment… and you thought poets are boring — Eli Gilic blog
Created photo PicCollage writing my own. A piece of a poem I wrote a while ago.
I was inspired to write my book by the most beautiful books by the British writer Jane Austen. Jane Austen was a Georgian era author, best known for her social commentary in novels including ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Emma.’ Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, on 16 December 1775. She was […]
“All good poems are victories over something.” “Poetry does so many different things, it’s difficult to say anything definitive about its role, which of course varies from culture to culture. It can range from being stories of the tribe to the private lyric, to being as W.H. Auden said “the clear expression of mixed feelings” […]
via 10 Great Quotes About Poets, Poetry, and Writing by Stephen Dunn — Paul’s Poetry Playground
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] CBC Books’s original writing series, “Transmission,” reflecting on life during COVID-19. brings us a beautiful poem by Olive Senior, inspired by the death of George Floyd, “B for Breathe.” See the full article at CBC Books. Olive Senior has been sharing poems on Twitter throughout […]
via The death of George Floyd inspired this powerful poem by Olive Senior — Repeating Islands
Suddenly she hadn’t the heart to quarrel.
‘He’s faithless and won’t change’
and with that thought was freed.
After he had gone out, she packed
and put her suitcase by the door.
A last look before leaving.
The rug chosen together in Istanbul,
chess set lovingly given him.
‘Three years and nothing.’
She walked towards the traffic and hailed a taxi,
in her raised hand the black queen.
