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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.

Be Matter of Fact
Say what you mean. Be direct. Provide what you want, the when, and the how. But most important, provide the why. Speak plain. Speak clear. Speak matter of fact!
By Elizabeth Healy2 days ago in Poets
Healing in the Stillness
Loneliness is precious because only in that quiet stillness can you truly hear the voice of your heart. You have faced your sadness and shed your tears alone, with honesty. You accept them, knowing they are life lessons—a vital part of the journey. Only when you are alone can you truly grow.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 days ago in Poets
Polishing parkrun Performance
1. Refrain from staying on Vocal ‘til long after midnight… Alarm shrills seconds later… causing a fright!😳 2. Fuel up on a speedy, snack
By Angie the Archivist 📚🪶3 days ago in Poets
I Am Not Pregnant, I Don't Even Like Soup, I Don't Even Like Mashed Potatoes - I Don't Even Like Watermelons, (scoffs)... What !
Okay, a week before last week I heard the baby in my stomach ask for money !? Okay fine, a week before last month I heard the people grumbling about the problems of the child who ran away from home !? Okay fine, I keep hearing that MY child is driving 9,000 steps in the middle of NO - where hoping they end up somewhere !? WHO keeps doing this thing, who keeps asking me for things - I don't have a CLUE about, who keeps doing that !?
By 365poetry3 days ago in Poets
The Ghost in the Room
Love may end without a result, but it cannot end without closure. We can all accept that a relationship might not last. Time changes, people change, and feelings fade; these are not faults, they are just life. What makes it hard to move on is never the separation itself, but the lack of clarity.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing3 days ago in Poets
Vehicle "Seize--- sures" Can People Talk ----------------------------- I Am "CHILDLESS", I Have No CHILD Registered ---------------- Who Have "KNOWN" The Person Who Got Me "490" Days Pregnant, Who !?..
I've tried being this person - I hope that this person can understand that I am a MOTHER !? I went to school with the Fathers's and registered every photo !? The child I had is NOW "500" years OLD - !? Your child is 500 years OLD !? Yes - and also that is the meaning of this poem !
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets
I Think Something IS Going On - I Seem To Have A Headache - I Am Not The Person "NOBODY" Said I Am - "NOBODY"
Look in the parking lot - I am a NOBODY !? Look in YOUR house - I am a NOBODY!? Look in your phones - I am a NOBODY !? Me, what is the "priveledge" - of a NOBODY !? I'm even having spelling problems NOW, what I can't eve read properly, WHAT
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets
The Title "OF" This POEM IS Called "UNKNOWN", ...... I Could BE Important, Like Really Important - But Let's Call Me, Which Is YOU - "UNKNOWN", Okay !?
Somehow I woke up, I found the best thing - "A HAND" !? Somehow I woke up, I found the best thing known to any person - "A HAND" !?
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets
These Are The Countries That Has "Finger Forn--if--ica--tion" - I'm Truly Trying To Understand Who Exactly Would Believe In The Removal Of People's ...... !?
6:19 AM in the UTC-6 time zone (Central Standard Time) is currently in countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and "parts of Canada" and the US. It is also 6:19 AM in the Galapagos Islands.
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets
I Finally Got The Answer - Ofcourse, Someone Helped Me - Kingston Public "Hospital" - Why Would You Want To Live There !
In life lets say we had "900" friends !? After highschool we had "700" friends !? During college - we now have "500" hundred friends !? We get married we have "200" hundred friends.. What was the "Mathematical equation", the problem to be solved !? I have learnt the most horrifying thing in LIFE - No person knows when to END... NO person knows when to NOT exist !? NO person knows, when ENOUGH has NO other quality than just using the WORDS, ENOUGH... To this day, I have NO children - to this DAY !?
By 365poetry4 days ago in Poets
Life in a Teacup
Life is but a cup of tea. Whether full or empty, what is the point of arguing? Whether strong or weak, it has its own flavor. Whether rushed or slow, so what? Whether warm or cold, just look at each other and smile.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing4 days ago in Poets
I Don't Live In "Uruguay" - But I Like A Male... I Saw - Can This Relationship Work... NO, You Need To "LIVE" Together !!!
I like this person - and he said let's move in together !? I said, where do you live !? He said URUGUAY - I said but that's 5,000 plane tickets a "Spongebob" bath, and the way things be looking a whole entire mysterious scenario happening !?
By 365poetry5 days ago in Poets