Poetry Tips


Here are some tips that come to mind, things I use in poetry, and perhaps do not always use, and should:

1—I find [or believe] a ‘fact,’ in poetry, is not poetry, nor can it move the mind’s eye, thoughts, and one’s imagination.

2—I find repetition is, or can be effective, or can be valuable, but not when it shows the lack in, or scarcity of the imagination.

3—I believe, the use of semicolons and commas become or can become hideous, or hazardous if not used wisely. The poem can reek with wrong [ly] breaks.

4—I also believe in genuine poetry, or that, genuine poetry should vibrate; there is a vibration that exists, one needs to find it and use it. A kind of force; or something to carry it; most poetry does not emerge from the page it is written on.

5—Poetry I believe must have been felt as a personal experience. Again I do think the great lyrics (most of those I’ve read, and considered great) are clearly simple in diction.

Note: Fact with truth: modern poetry, has what may be considered an invaluable element to it, but it is nonetheless, the way life is, it is almost a requirement nowadays, as priceless as it is, it costs, and it resides beyond the mind, beyond thought and expression, idiom, appearance, and I hate to name it (as you may already know) it is called: good advertising, like a product, to put it over. Thus, poetry then must be unusual and sensational, a burden it must carry to the first step of the ladder. And when all the good poets are dead, we will find no more truth, I dare say, only detail and reality.

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