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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.

There is no place...
There is no place like home. Is that one place you like the best, you feel the better. A place of comfort, a place of peace, of harmony.
By Kristel Miranda Colon4 years ago in Poets
The Becoming
Becoming something or someone takes time, enjoy yourself and your own company, your thoughts, your actions and feeling good around yourself, and the things you do in your time.
By Jessica Pedraza Nicanor4 years ago in Poets
5 Tips for Poets: How to Improve Your Poetry Writing Skills
Nothing beats the feeling I get when I sit down to write a poem. Especially if something really unique catches my attention. I love it when an idea gets sparked, or any number of other things all come together, and I find myself thinking, this would make a good line in a poem.
By Gregory D. Welch4 years ago in Poets
Sun, Moon and Flowers in Bloom
If you are lost in the struggles of life and looking for a home free from strife But you can't seem to find that certain place
By laura larson4 years ago in Poets
Origami Flowers Cannot Survive a Real Winter
Confused— lost between sheets of paper with problems I do not understand. And days that never seem to end, but do not last long enough.
By catchafrisbie4 years ago in Poets
Bury The Hatchet
To bury the hatchet we must first dig Unearth the things that have been forgotten left for dead infested with worms
By Sarah Jane4 years ago in Poets
The 5 W's of Home
What does the body do at home? When does sleep relinquish its grip? Where are you when you’re here? If I were to define for you the home, you will expect me to define the family, which is a blood enclave,
By Aaron Restivo4 years ago in Poets
On the go
Always on the way, never arriving The inscription embedded in the verb stands in a row of sycamores Bringing sleepless longing to the sleeping birds
By thad ari4 years ago in Poets
Time for me
No one to laugh at the teenager's pimples He rode an old bicycle and And flew away No one points out a man's age spots
By Veronica R Poe4 years ago in Poets
Shelter or Home
Shelter or Home By Cleve Take sticks or stones, limbs or straw 'tis easy to fashion a shelter or lean to
By Cleve Taylor 4 years ago in Poets
Papa Murphy
My dad was never around when I was growing up He was always on the road He was always working I respected that but sometimes I feel I missed out
By Sarah Jane4 years ago in Poets
Fixing the Environment
Cis gendered Age of Autonomy Racial Majority In my dominant community. Ethnic majority In my dominant community.
By DCMJ unsilenced4 years ago in Poets