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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Poetry Writers Resources' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Poetry Writers Resources Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Poetry Writers Resources 1. How To Start A Poetry Writers Group - By: Michelle True I was looking for a poetry group near my home in 2003 and didn't find one. I contacted my local library and they said that a few years ago someone had tried to get a poetry group going but it only drew 2-3 people and it fizzled out rather quickly. They also told me that if I wanted to ... Featured ArticleThe Poetry Contest That Hunts For Desperate Writers Many of you have likely seen the following contest Free Amateur Poetry Contest $10,000 grand prize, Enter Now!, and you have most likely sent off your poem and received a letter back stating that your poem will be published. You are just one of the many who have become the prey of poetry.com. I have had first hand experience with them. In 2000 I sent one of my poems Angel in Heaven to Poetry.com contest and received their notification that I would be published in an anthology to be ...
Read full story 2. Writing Resource - By: Michael Russell Many aspiring writers look to the World Wide Web to find a good writing resource. This can take a considerable amount of time. Sometimes it is best to look to other writers for ideas and inspiration. The wonderful thing about the field is that it lends itself to much discussion simply though its nat... 3. A Guide To Poetry Styles & Terms - By: Rose Desrochers Poetry is made up of so many specific patters and language. There are as many forms of poetry as there are writers who pen it. Here I have gather some resources to specific patterns of poetry and I have attempted to describe for you the figurative language found in poetry. Specific Patter... 4. Artist Resource - By: Michael Russell Artist resource is an online community that is designed to educate and promote people who are visual and literary creators. The site has been in use since 1997 and its popularity is growing every day. The nonprofit online artist resource provides valuable information for anyone who wants to share th... 5. Famous Poets Quotations - Top 30 Poetry Quotations By Famous Poets - By: Danielle Hollister "For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history." -- Aristotle"Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one." -- ... 6. Don't Bin Your Research; You Never Know When It Might Come In Handy Again - By: Jim Green It happened to me just recently I was reviewing a mountain of files containing research material gathered over the years; years when I was churning out one book after another, articles galore for offline and online magazines, fulfilling my obligations on syndicated newspaper c... 7. Writer’s Web Resources - By: Janet K. Ilacqua The Internet has truly revolutionized the careers of writers worldwide. Now you can work for publishers, corporations and a whole range of other clients on a truly global scale. Whether you are in the heart of a big city, or in a remote mountain village, all you need is an Internet conn... 8. Rules For Writing Poetry - By: Devrie Paradowski Youve been writing poetry since that first assignment in your high school writing class. You know the rules about writing poetry, right? Are there rules? Well, if you frequent the poetry forums across the Internet as much as I do, youd find that there are a lot of amateur poets who adama... 9. Seven Deadly Signs Of Poetry Scams - By: Kristin Johnson In America, poets are held in such low esteem that even the most Honored Representative from Nigeria wont bother scamming us. Society says to us what Dermot Mulroney says to Julia Roberts in My Best Friends Wedding, that we are The pus that infects the mucus that cruds up the fungus that... 10. Poetry As A Important Part Of The Wedding - By: Sheila Easton Poems, for such a long time, have been used to express one's feelings and emotions and to record events and thoughts in an artistic form. Reading poems during a wedding can enhance the beauty of the event. The wedding poem may be composed and be read by a member of the family as ... 11. Poetry: An Exercise In Emotion And Vulnerability - By: Scott Lindsay [Henry David] Thoreau is a keen and delicate observer of nature - a genuine observer - which, I suspect, is almost as rare a character as even an original poet; and Nature, in return for his love, seems to adopt him as her especial child, and shows him secrets which few others are allowe... 12. Narrative Poetry - By: Holly Bliss I adore writing poetry. Ill arm myself, with pen and paper at the ready, and accept any challenge of conquering a new poetry form. Last year was the first time I questioned whether or not I could meet the challenge and bury it on the battlefield. Sure, Im a perfectionist, but ... 13. On Writing And Poetry: Harry Calhoun In Conversation - By: Trina Allen This is just brilliant. The whole interview is incredible I'm REALLY appreciative of some seriously good advice from a fellow writer. Mark Howell, Senior Writer, Solares Hill Harry Calhouns picture could appear beside the dictionary definition for journeyman. Living proof tha... 14. Getting Published: Publishing Tips And Advice From Rose Desrochers - By: (see Article) It appears that today everyone is a writer, and we all have the same dream. We all hope to someday be published. So as writers, where do we get started? I suggest joining writing groups first and start seeking feedback that can help your career as a writer. It... 15. Poetry - By: Michael Russell Serious poets spend their lives crafting with words. Serious poets practice and study and practice some more. And serious poets also use the world as their implements. It might seem antithetical to use poetry tools to write poetry, but poets do it all the timetaking ideas and inspiration from the... 16. Poetry Workshops - By: Rose Desrochers I find poetry workshops study more the theory and craft of writing poetry. I joined one in the past and found it to be filled with snobs who pretty much write bad poetry. Half of what they say can not even be understood. Their poetry consists of nothing more but verses of diarrhea metaphors. Hearing... 17. Wedding Poetry - By: Dorothy Miller Poetry is the language of love. For centuries, poems have expressed intimate feelings and emotions, and have been used to record significant thoughts and events in an artistic form. Naturally, a wedding ceremony is the perfect forum for a heartfelt poetry reading. Wedding poetry is a love... 18. Reading Poetry - By: Terry Coyier In Ancient Greece, the most important form of entertainment was provided by the bards. Bards, or poets, traveled from place to place reciting poetry, often accompanied by a cithara or lyre. As time passed, poetry took on a written form and orators fell by the wayside. This took hundreds ... 19. Poetry For Weddings - By: Craig Thornburrow There are several ways that wedding poetry can be used. Wedding poetry can enhance more than one area of your special day. You may want to use wedding poetry as part of your wedding announcements, invitations and thank-you notes. When you use wedding poetry in these ways you have a... 20. Writing Science Poetry - By: Susan Shaw Science poetry or scientific poetry is a specialized poetic genre that makes use of science as its subject. Written by scientists and nonscientists, science poets are generally avid readers and appreciators of science and "science matters." Science poetry may be found in anthologies, i... 21. Dont Get Taken: Exposing The Fraudulent Poetry Publishers - By: Rose Desrochers Poets are warned to be leery of where they publish their work, whether it is a vanity publishing house, pod publisher or a magazine. Look at the reputation of the publishing house or magazine and look at some of those who have already published with them. What is the quality of their wor... 22. Write Tighter Copy - Practice Your Poetry - By: Steve Williams Good practical writing is short and to the point; it delivers a satisfying message using fresh language. Skillful writers of internet articles strive for preciseness and clarity, qualities that online readers look for. Writing poetry is an enjoyable way to develop your skills ... 23. Romantic Poetry - What Not To Do - By: Holly Bliss What NOT to do AKA bad love poetry. I love your lovely fingers, My love, as they dive through Your silky, sunshine hair. I love your deep blue Eyes, I gotta tell ya Theyre quite a pair. Your lips are liquid Lava and at t... 24. Antiquated Language In Poetry - The Right Choice For Thee? - By: Holly Bliss My Creative Writing professor once passed out sheets of poetry. They were in pairs according to genre or topic of the poem. Our task was to pick the poem that had a greater depth to it. The better poem not that the other poem was bad, by the way and I chose correctly in every case, exc... 25. Poetry And Popular Culture - By: Devrie Paradowski Is poetry too complicated for the average reader? Is it too cryptic, scholarly? If you ask a large group of average people what they like or don't like about poetry, you'll get a few different answers, but there is an overwhelmingly common category of responses. One of the m... Please feel free to submit your quality, informative article for our readers. |