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30 Poems in 30 Days Project

  1. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Why you should write poetry
  2. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Writing About Yourself
  3. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Writing About Issues
  4. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Poetry of Place
  5. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Persona Poems
  6. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Developing Your Voice
  7. 30 Poems in 30 Days: About Forms and Lists
  8. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Elegies and Memories
  9. 30 Poems in 30 Days: A Brief Glossary of Meter
  10. 30 Poems in 30 Days: The Good the Bad and the Meter
  11. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Courting Controversy
  12. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Syllabic Verse
  13. 30 Poems in 30 Days: What is Your Writing Process?
  14. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Repetition
  15. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Imagism
  16. 30 poems in 30 Days: Review Your Old Work
  17. 30 Poems in 30 Days: The Constraint as a Tool
  18. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Joining the Community
  19. 30 Poems in 30 Days: About the Line
  20. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Staying Positive
  21. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Progression
  22. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Breaking the Rules
  23. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Confessional Poetry
  24. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Say What You Want to Say
  25. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Poetry Contests
  26. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Free Verse
  27. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Finding New Ways To Stay Inspired
  28. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Word Choice
  29. 30 Poems in 30 Days: A Little Advice
  30. 30 Poems in 30 Days: Collaboration

Poetry Forms and Terms

Expression

General Articles

    Poetry Tips Explained

  1. A poem with Love in the title (or Destiny, Hate, or other HUGE themes) already has two strikes against it (and I like love poems).
  2. The bigger your point, the more important the details are.
  3. Say what you want to say and let your readers decide what it means.
  4. Feel free to write a bad poem.
  5. Develop your voice. Get comfortable with how you write.
  6. Don’t explain everything.
  7. Untitled poems are lazy. They’re like unnamed children. Obviously their parent doesn’t care about them.
  8. People will remember an image long after they’ve forgotten why it was there.
  9. That one perfect line in a thirty line poem may be what makes it all worthwhile, or it may be what makes the rest of the poem bad. Keep an eye on it.
  10. There are many excuses not to write. Try using writing as an excuse not to do other things.
  11. The more you read, the more you learn. The more you write, the more you develop.
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