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Poetry
While this is not a site about poetry per se the subject must be addressed because there's a great deal of confusion about the poetic and prosaic style of writing, and the relationship between "poems", and "stories". However, you will find no long-winded scholarly discussion here regarding this subject. I think they're quite foolish. I believe the subject is very simple. I hold simply that:
It's really just that simple. Anything else is added inapplicable significance that only serves to confuse the subject and therefore diminish ones ability to effectively communicate. The link to a few of my poems is provided not because I consider myself a "great poet" but simply as examples of some of the different styles and subjects one can use in composing a "poem". The following articles elaborate somewhat on the above subject of composing in a poetic or prosaic style as it relates to communication and to the writing of fiction and storytelling in general. "Poetry and Prose" This article explores the relationship between the poetic and prosaic and explains why there is so much confusion about the subject. Many people attempt to turn poetic style into a subject unto itself, when it is merely a "style" of written or oral communication. "Writing the pretty stuff" This page contains additional information about the subject and its relationship to Prose and what they both have to do with storytelling. "Types of the pretty stuff" This page contains links to an assortment of my work as examples of the many types of poems one might run across or wish to write. The variations are infinite because poetic writing and the resulting "poems" defines a quality of writing rather than a structure.
Fiction and nonfiction relate to Stories and Essays which are products of structural conventions not the style or quality of the writing. Whether a written work is poetic or prosaic is a function of the quality of the writing not the form or structure. Whether a written work is a Novel or Treatise is a function of the structure of how it's written not the quality of the writing. Here's a cool poetry blog that you might enjoy. AIDY's Blog and stream of conscious writing blog feat. movie reviews.
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