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User	mae | 2006-10-19 |
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Message	Hogg, a wonderful example of my point is a poem up right now by Fred Melden. He is writing a series of poems about famous paintings and the one he’s just posted is called "Girl Reading" about the famous painting by Renoir. Check it out. It’s beautiful. Go to fredmelden. mae

User	mae | 2006-10-19 |
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Message	Know it all people who think of poetry as a science instead of an expression of oneself or a release. Of course it’s an expression, and it can be a release, but that doesn’t make it good - which, I thought, was the question here - how to become a better poet. If all you ever do is write your emotions without learning the craft of writing, how will you improve? The fact is, you do NOT have to have a deep emotional attachment to write a good poem. That isn’t to say that you never write about things with which you DO have a deep emotional attachment. Emotion, however, does not automatically make a poem good. And, yeah, SOMEONE will always like it. Your mother, your spouse. But then, they like the things you did at age 3 also. That didn’t make them good. mae

User	HOGG4245 | 2006-10-14 |
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Message	I think that is exactly what ruins poetry and poets. Know it all people who think of poetry as a science instead of an expression of oneself or a release. I think that as long as you’re being true to yourself you will touch others and they will be able to relate. You can’t make everybody like your poetry, but someone always will.

User	mae | 2006-10-14 |
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Message	You can write about your emotions all day and long and it can still be hogwash! Focusing on your own emotions and only your own emotions is a sign of an immature writer. Do you honestly think Longfellow had strong emotions about "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" or "The Song of Hiawatha?" How about Lewis Carroll when he wrote "Jabberwocky?" Emotion does not make a good poet. Learning your craft (plus a certain amount of natural talent) does. mae

User	HOGG4245 | 2006-10-14 |
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Message	I’m no expert by any means but I think a lot has to do with pulling your true emotions, experiences, opinions, and feelings out. Digging deep inside yourself for the things that really make you tick whether it be good or bad. People can sense fake poetry because it doesn’t touch them, it’s just words on paper. The rest I think just comes.

User	Ronswords | 2006-10-05 |
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Message	Id say what makes a good poet is someone who uses the Emotions in their life and can easily express them in write God Bless Ron

User	joeyalphabet | 2006-10-03 |
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Message	Run around in a circle until you collapse. That should work.

User	BusterLILblock | 2006-09-29 |
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Message	i dont know maybe ime gets you better frome experience Fana

User	mae | 2006-09-28 |
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Message	Read other good poets. Attend workshops - and write. Practice. Writing is a craft that requires exercise to get better - just like sports or painting or anything else in life. But don’t just write what you’ve always written. Read GOOD stuff and examine what it is that makes it good. Study, in other words, the craft of poetry. mae

User	naynay9_90 | 2006-09-24 |
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Message	theres no technique to being a poet if you like writing what you feel then thats all that counts. the poet is in the eye of the beholder

User	WolfStar | 2006-07-30 |
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Message	I would say: Don’t just think about how you feel about something. Think also about what that means for you, for the world, for the things you care about.

User	tZar | 2006-07-28 |
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Message	Just practice and then you can try heroine.

User	bbcherry | 2006-07-25 |
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Message	practice practice until ur heart stops then practice some more.

User	me_emo | 2006-07-22 |
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Message	my beloved father says that to be a poet you need a heart and if you dont have a heart then you cant write

User	alteredlife | 2006-07-19 |
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Message	By strapping grenades to all the good ones... Or reading and writing lots of poetry... that works too I think...