I'm not sure I write poetry. I just write what I write. I love Charles Bukowski, it seems like he writes prose in verse format. I wrote this, is this poetry or what is it? THE NEIGHBORS are at it again? like a screaming soprano stabbing staccato singing arias in the air. waking me up at 3 am wrapping myself in a heavy blanket plugging my ears bracing myself to P M U J with the bang of the gun.

I write to give release. It’s how I’m able to express feelings and thoughts I find difficult to express to others. So sometimes it’s clunky, and doesn’t fit the rules, but if I can get it out of me... it doesn’t hurt so much. I think if I chose to write with the hopes of publication or for the benefit of others, this might help. Thanks for the video though, I’ll watch some of your others and see what there is to see.

My singular complaint is that I am only now discovering your lovely, articulate and helpful channel! Thank you, sir!

As a well educated poet, I use many techniques in my work. It only become clunky when you use them too close together and often the same device or to much of the same device.

Thanks for this video. Know I want to go back and read my poetry and see which ones pass the test!

Interesting, I copied and pasted the article in order to re-read it quietly later. I saw that the English WP has a detailed article about Armitage, while the French seem to never have heard about him. Yet the few poems of him I read pleased me. Thanks for that discovery.

Great tips but I think more clarity need to be given to new poets. The secret ingredient is also life awareness, some life lesson, also grief inside the painting of the poem. Poets need to ask if their poem look like the mood the poem has or subject matter? For example my poem about me and my sister and friends, it is set on the page to to look like the poem is posing. I made the poem feel tight the poem is to appear in a print magazine this fall. I am an excellent poet. New poets need to read my work. I have completed several classes in poetry and two poetry mentorships and currently scheduled to have 5 poems published in a print magazine. I also have other publications, and awards. I enjoy hearing how other poetry teachers teach poetry. 😊

Thanks for teaching me

Art is never completed. It is only abandoned. I think this is an important thing to accept if any art is to be endeavored upon. I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos. I am struggling to find which voice of mine works best for readers. Would you be willing to read some of my work and tell me which style seems to land best?

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Loved this. Excellent content with a really natural style and delivery. Thank you.

You are a great teacher. Well explained .

Thanks for posting this. Very inspiring.

Very useful. Thank you!

This is very helpful. Thanks!

Great site, but dude, to teach in rhyme and rhythm would honor poetry better, and stick more. To have a spiel in conversational language about poetry, without any poetry read, doesn't do the subject justice. Rewrite the script as a poem? Hindu textbooks are written in rhyme and rhythm, (with rhythm being the more important), why not ours? Perhaps poetry should be taught with poetic form? Emotional form? Structure? Balance? Symmetry. Keep up the good work. Regards, Bob Atkinson, Tucson, U.S.A.

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Sir tell us best book on poetry means tips to write poems

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Do you have the name of the wasp poem? I want to read that one, I love to study different styles and ways you can write a poem and you talk about this as a list poem. Thanks.

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