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		<title>By: Danielle Igbokwe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Danielle Igbokwe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it really was a project that brought this on but i think this helps me a lot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it really was a project that brought this on but i think this helps me a lot.</p>
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		<title>By: Usman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Usman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These are some precious advices for a newbie like me. I wrote this poem last week and was looking for someone to check it out. So, feel free to comment on it. Both positive and negative comments are wellcomed. 

                        Your Memory
                        By: Usman k


Your memory makes me feel sad when they all brag,
And for that, i feel like gagged, standing on a crag,
I miss you more than everything i have ever possessed,
And then i don&#039;t give a damn how cynics protest.

It fills my eyes with tears,
And bestows me with nothing but fears,
It urges me that i owe you something,
And that something is more important than everything.

It reminds of the moments that we have spent together,
And then i wished it could last forever.
Every couple reminds me of your memories,
And my mind gets filled with sad melodies.


It makes me realize that i have lost you,
I might have lost you but haven&#039;t forgot you.
It makes me to accept that i am a looser,
I might be a looser but not a boozer.

Every smile reminds me of your amiability,
And its disappearance transforms me into a casualty.
I find myself pitying on my own self,
Then i hear a fella saying not to degrade yourself.

I don&#039;t now that will we ever meet again,
Talk again, laugh again and love each other again.
The fainting chances reduce my breaths,
And that finally encloses me to my death.


Usman</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are some precious advices for a newbie like me. I wrote this poem last week and was looking for someone to check it out. So, feel free to comment on it. Both positive and negative comments are wellcomed. </p>
<p>                        Your Memory<br />
                        By: Usman k</p>
<p>Your memory makes me feel sad when they all brag,<br />
And for that, i feel like gagged, standing on a crag,<br />
I miss you more than everything i have ever possessed,<br />
And then i don&#8217;t give a damn how cynics protest.</p>
<p>It fills my eyes with tears,<br />
And bestows me with nothing but fears,<br />
It urges me that i owe you something,<br />
And that something is more important than everything.</p>
<p>It reminds of the moments that we have spent together,<br />
And then i wished it could last forever.<br />
Every couple reminds me of your memories,<br />
And my mind gets filled with sad melodies.</p>
<p>It makes me realize that i have lost you,<br />
I might have lost you but haven&#8217;t forgot you.<br />
It makes me to accept that i am a looser,<br />
I might be a looser but not a boozer.</p>
<p>Every smile reminds me of your amiability,<br />
And its disappearance transforms me into a casualty.<br />
I find myself pitying on my own self,<br />
Then i hear a fella saying not to degrade yourself.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t now that will we ever meet again,<br />
Talk again, laugh again and love each other again.<br />
The fainting chances reduce my breaths,<br />
And that finally encloses me to my death.</p>
<p>Usman</p>
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		<title>By: muy</title>
		<link>http://www.poewar.com/poetry-writing-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-223601</link>
		<dc:creator>muy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Detherealbeing, thanks for responding. Yes, that was my first poem. I&#039;m only 13 and I really had no idea if I wrote the poem correctly. I know poems don&#039;t have to rhyme but I don&#039;t know how to make them flow. If anyone can give me a basic idea of how to write one I&#039;d love to know how so I can continue to write poems. Thanks for your help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Detherealbeing, thanks for responding. Yes, that was my first poem. I&#8217;m only 13 and I really had no idea if I wrote the poem correctly. I know poems don&#8217;t have to rhyme but I don&#8217;t know how to make them flow. If anyone can give me a basic idea of how to write one I&#8217;d love to know how so I can continue to write poems. Thanks for your help.</p>
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		<title>By: Detherealbeing</title>
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		<dc:creator>Detherealbeing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice advice I agree. I am 26 and started writing at around age 9, i have loads of poems and no matter how hard i try to write other works of art, poetry prevails. Now only if I can figure out how to make a living off of writing.. something I feel I should have had some success in by now. When you&#039;re a creative writer and you don&#039;t wish to be a teacher what do you major in? I know you don&#039;t have to go to school, but i also know that it can only help. Journalism? English? Still trying to figure it out. Still in college and would love to own my own magazine one day, write a column in a well known one, as well as get my poetry out there. **What I am most interested in is how to get into writing for greeting cards** My kind of writing, or the majority of it (honest , open, blunt emotional writing) is perfect for cards and so often I find the most horrible cards when searchin for the perfect one..if anyone knows about how to get involved or where to start , please let me know,
thanks. D 
MUY  that poem written from the perspective of the abandoned cat is a nicely written poem. The progression is great, if that&#039;s your first poem im surprised. well done</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice advice I agree. I am 26 and started writing at around age 9, i have loads of poems and no matter how hard i try to write other works of art, poetry prevails. Now only if I can figure out how to make a living off of writing.. something I feel I should have had some success in by now. When you&#8217;re a creative writer and you don&#8217;t wish to be a teacher what do you major in? I know you don&#8217;t have to go to school, but i also know that it can only help. Journalism? English? Still trying to figure it out. Still in college and would love to own my own magazine one day, write a column in a well known one, as well as get my poetry out there. **What I am most interested in is how to get into writing for greeting cards** My kind of writing, or the majority of it (honest , open, blunt emotional writing) is perfect for cards and so often I find the most horrible cards when searchin for the perfect one..if anyone knows about how to get involved or where to start , please let me know,<br />
thanks. D<br />
MUY  that poem written from the perspective of the abandoned cat is a nicely written poem. The progression is great, if that&#8217;s your first poem im surprised. well done</p>
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		<title>By: Katie N.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Katie N.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love writting, and it get my emotions out...however, I&#039;m not sure how to put it all together so its not sloppy...if that makes sense email me if you have any advice id appreciate it :) katie_bop7@yahoo.com heres one of my poems :) and warning im a teeenager :) I&#039;d just really like some advice on what  to do.he pain it hurts like a 1,000 stabbing needles to my heart,
but tonite I want to be lost in this darkness wrapped up in your heart
your love is like a bullet straight from the gun I never want it to hit me
beause when you leave me I bleed a ton

please dont leave me stay here all night tell me
its okay hold me tight tell me you love me, tell me you’ll stay tell me you’ll be there that you wont walk away

give me your heart give me your soul give me your mind.. &amp; if you do .ill never know
make our love a story make our love a book just make it a happy ending the best you’ve ever took

All I want is for you to be happy I dont care if I cry, i just want to prove to all of them your not just some guy, and all the people around me hate to see me this way because there worried when I fall I’ll slowly drift away

they know that you hurt me they know that you try,
deep inside of me i do believe your different from other guys I just want this to work
thats all ive ever tried My problem is I cant let go, I don’t know when to say goodbye

my problem is I care to much I dont know what to do, so everyday I sit here wishing there was something i could do

something that would make you care like you use to we use to be so close , you treated me like I was it, like I mattered the most

You said you’ve told me everything that there is to know but why are you trying to keep it from me hiding like a ghost, I can hear it in your voice its something you can’t hide

your a horrible liar , even you know it deep inside you can’t act like everyone else I don’t know why you even try, your far different from any of those guys

you want to be a gangsta you like the way it looks and all my insecurties are wrote down in this poem like its part of me a, book

you like weed, you like the way it makes you feel all u see in that is the feeling that right now makes me ill

I don’t want to see you get hurt I don’t want you to die, all I want is you that one guy...the one who never use to lie?

And here come the tears the ones that come each time I listen to your voice and realize that its all a lie , that your not it, you never will be the same guy

So maybe I should stop caring maybe its not worth the time ive spent with tears in my eyes...maybe this is all i needed to make me realize your just another one of those always will be guys.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love writting, and it get my emotions out&#8230;however, I&#8217;m not sure how to put it all together so its not sloppy&#8230;if that makes sense email me if you have any advice id appreciate it <img src='http://www.poewar.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  <a href="mailto:katie_bop7@yahoo.com">katie_bop7@yahoo.com</a> heres one of my poems <img src='http://www.poewar.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  and warning im a teeenager <img src='http://www.poewar.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I&#8217;d just really like some advice on what  to do.he pain it hurts like a 1,000 stabbing needles to my heart,<br />
but tonite I want to be lost in this darkness wrapped up in your heart<br />
your love is like a bullet straight from the gun I never want it to hit me<br />
beause when you leave me I bleed a ton</p>
<p>please dont leave me stay here all night tell me<br />
its okay hold me tight tell me you love me, tell me you’ll stay tell me you’ll be there that you wont walk away</p>
<p>give me your heart give me your soul give me your mind.. &amp; if you do .ill never know<br />
make our love a story make our love a book just make it a happy ending the best you’ve ever took</p>
<p>All I want is for you to be happy I dont care if I cry, i just want to prove to all of them your not just some guy, and all the people around me hate to see me this way because there worried when I fall I’ll slowly drift away</p>
<p>they know that you hurt me they know that you try,<br />
deep inside of me i do believe your different from other guys I just want this to work<br />
thats all ive ever tried My problem is I cant let go, I don’t know when to say goodbye</p>
<p>my problem is I care to much I dont know what to do, so everyday I sit here wishing there was something i could do</p>
<p>something that would make you care like you use to we use to be so close , you treated me like I was it, like I mattered the most</p>
<p>You said you’ve told me everything that there is to know but why are you trying to keep it from me hiding like a ghost, I can hear it in your voice its something you can’t hide</p>
<p>your a horrible liar , even you know it deep inside you can’t act like everyone else I don’t know why you even try, your far different from any of those guys</p>
<p>you want to be a gangsta you like the way it looks and all my insecurties are wrote down in this poem like its part of me a, book</p>
<p>you like weed, you like the way it makes you feel all u see in that is the feeling that right now makes me ill</p>
<p>I don’t want to see you get hurt I don’t want you to die, all I want is you that one guy&#8230;the one who never use to lie?</p>
<p>And here come the tears the ones that come each time I listen to your voice and realize that its all a lie , that your not it, you never will be the same guy</p>
<p>So maybe I should stop caring maybe its not worth the time ive spent with tears in my eyes&#8230;maybe this is all i needed to make me realize your just another one of those always will be guys.</p>
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		<title>By: muy</title>
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		<dc:creator>muy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry this has nothing to do with the article so if it is deleted I will not be offended. I just wrote my first poem. No one ever taught me how to write a poem and I don&#039;t know if I did it right. Could you please read it and tell me if it really is a poem? If not, how do I turn it into one? Is it any good? Thanks for your help.

Here it is:

         Alone

I hear a noise,
I stop and cringe,
A shadow passes by. 

I cry for help,
But no one hears,
And so I am alone.

Once I was not alone,
Once I was loved,
What did I do wrong?

I sat on their laps,
They stroked my fur,
I thought it would never end.

Then came the kittens,
Inside me they grow,
I just want to keep them safe. 

But then came the box,
So dark and small,
The drive, the fall, all alone.

The shadow comes close,
It darkens, it falls,
I am just to weak to care.

Cold and tired,
Confused and alone,
I let the shadow take me.

Back at home,
Warm and safe, 
My family sits around a tree. 

Together they open gifts,
They laugh they sing,
They think not once of me.

Their lonely cat,
The one who loved them,
The one they abandoned 
By the side of a road</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry this has nothing to do with the article so if it is deleted I will not be offended. I just wrote my first poem. No one ever taught me how to write a poem and I don&#8217;t know if I did it right. Could you please read it and tell me if it really is a poem? If not, how do I turn it into one? Is it any good? Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Here it is:</p>
<p>         Alone</p>
<p>I hear a noise,<br />
I stop and cringe,<br />
A shadow passes by. </p>
<p>I cry for help,<br />
But no one hears,<br />
And so I am alone.</p>
<p>Once I was not alone,<br />
Once I was loved,<br />
What did I do wrong?</p>
<p>I sat on their laps,<br />
They stroked my fur,<br />
I thought it would never end.</p>
<p>Then came the kittens,<br />
Inside me they grow,<br />
I just want to keep them safe. </p>
<p>But then came the box,<br />
So dark and small,<br />
The drive, the fall, all alone.</p>
<p>The shadow comes close,<br />
It darkens, it falls,<br />
I am just to weak to care.</p>
<p>Cold and tired,<br />
Confused and alone,<br />
I let the shadow take me.</p>
<p>Back at home,<br />
Warm and safe,<br />
My family sits around a tree. </p>
<p>Together they open gifts,<br />
They laugh they sing,<br />
They think not once of me.</p>
<p>Their lonely cat,<br />
The one who loved them,<br />
The one they abandoned<br />
By the side of a road</p>
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		<title>By: Awosika Dotun Samuel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Awosika Dotun Samuel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I want to thank you for the Tips. They are very useful. I write poems,i find it a talent.The ways to improve this has been tough over the years. But,your tips here made me realise though the environment might not be encouraging,never give up, yet scribe your heart &amp;feeling.
   Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to thank you for the Tips. They are very useful. I write poems,i find it a talent.The ways to improve this has been tough over the years. But,your tips here made me realise though the environment might not be encouraging,never give up, yet scribe your heart &amp;feeling.<br />
   Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Beatriz</title>
		<link>http://www.poewar.com/poetry-writing-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-223255</link>
		<dc:creator>Beatriz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great Tips J.C! I´m a poet from Caracas, Venezuela. I always carry little notebooks in all my bags, and I write things down that make an impression on me, colors, phrases, names of streets. Observing things is the raw material for poetry. Thank you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great Tips J.C! I´m a poet from Caracas, Venezuela. I always carry little notebooks in all my bags, and I write things down that make an impression on me, colors, phrases, names of streets. Observing things is the raw material for poetry. Thank you!</p>
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		<title>By: Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.poewar.com/poetry-writing-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-223231</link>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awesome advice.  It&#039;s always encouraging to remember that even the best poets probbably had/have 2 poems for every 1 that was good. I&#039;m writing &quot;&quot;Every great poet has written a bad poem. Most great poets have written hundreds, even thousands of bad poems. The great poets kept writing though, and so should you. If it takes a hundred bad poems to produce a poem you like, finish those hundred poems. &quot;&quot; on my poetry journal so I don&#039;t forget it.  
  Thanks for writing.  -Lee</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome advice.  It&#8217;s always encouraging to remember that even the best poets probbably had/have 2 poems for every 1 that was good. I&#8217;m writing &#8220;&#8221;Every great poet has written a bad poem. Most great poets have written hundreds, even thousands of bad poems. The great poets kept writing though, and so should you. If it takes a hundred bad poems to produce a poem you like, finish those hundred poems. &#8220;&#8221; on my poetry journal so I don&#8217;t forget it.<br />
  Thanks for writing.  -Lee</p>
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		<title>By: joy</title>
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		<dc:creator>joy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks for your tips (and the rest of the stuff on this site). I was stuck on my poetry assignment, and this really got me thinking. I haven&#039;t been writing poetry for long, but I liked it, and I&#039;ll keep trying (and fill the world with bad poems). ;D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for your tips (and the rest of the stuff on this site). I was stuck on my poetry assignment, and this really got me thinking. I haven&#8217;t been writing poetry for long, but I liked it, and I&#8217;ll keep trying (and fill the world with bad poems). ;D</p>
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