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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.

Does Wisdom Mean Trading 'Teaching' for 'Observing'?
The wisdom of middle age: replacing the urge to 'teach' with the composure to 'observe' in our most important relationships.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 months ago in Poets
The Power of No Expectations
Any relationship is more comfortable when you release expectations. As is often attributed to Shakespeare, "Expectations are wounds."
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 months ago in Poets
True Love: Admiration and Tenderness
True love is never about who obeys whom, but rather about willingly accepting the other person, appreciating them, cherishing them, understanding them, and embracing them.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 months ago in Poets
The Power of Choosing Silence
Sometimes I choose silence, not because I don't care, but because I know that talking too much only makes things more complicated. The more complicated the matter, the more I want to brush it off simply. The more vulnerable I feel, the stronger I appear.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 months ago in Poets
what is process if not a cage
there is a certain magic in the air it bends not to human will a voice that lives sometimes in the stars and at others in the sea
By John Cox2 months ago in Poets
How Would I Know
Who rides a motorcycle in the snow Who would think to ride a bicycle It makes sense to ride a motorcycle Who rides a motorcycle in the snow
By Denise E Lindquist2 months ago in Poets
“Whispers Between the Lines”
Whispers Between the Lines By [Ali REhman] Lena had always believed that words could save people. They had saved her once — long before she ever learned to write them.
By Ali Rehman2 months ago in Poets
What Healing Sounds Like Inside The Silence
Healing is not always dramatic. Healing does not always look like a big transformation everyone notices. Healing is not always visible from the outside. Sometimes healing is silent. It is slow. It is gentle. It happens in the small moments when no one is watching and no one is asking anything from you.
By LUNA EDITH2 months ago in Poets
William Shakespeare. AI-Generated.
“It may be said of Shakespeare, that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence. He has been imitated by all succeeding writers; and it may be doubted whether from all his successors more maxims of theoretical knowledge, or more rules of practical prudence can be collected than he alone has given to his country.”--Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON.
By Fiaz Ahmed 2 months ago in Poets
Can a Broader Perspective Set You Free?
When a person's perspective broadens, they won't get lost in the trivialities of life; truly confident people can always achieve a simple yet powerful expression.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 months ago in Poets
The Mirror Cycle (Poetry)
I. The Mirror Isn’t Me (Philosophical — AABB) . I look into the mirror’s face, A quiet, silver, borrowed space. It copies me without a sound,
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Poets
Moments of the continuum ..
memories intertwine with reality, the past reaches into the future, which encompasses heaven and earth. Every day life knows no peace or quiet, only fleeing into the distance to bring order to the chaos.
By Darkos2 months ago in Poets