| "Work is love made visible.And if you cannot work | | | | definitions (from dictionary.com).Words and Sounds: |
| with love but only with distaste, it is better that you | | | | you all know what words and sounds are so I won't |
| should leave your work and sit at the gates of the | | | | bore your with definitionsRhythm (I used definition |
| temple and take alms of those who work with joy.For | | | | seven as I felt it fit poetry the best): the pattern of |
| if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter | | | | recurrent strong and weak accents, vocalization and |
| bread that feeds but half man's hunger."~Kahlil | | | | silence, and the distribution and combination of these |
| GibranThe Prophet (pg 28)I absolutely love to write | | | | elements in speech.Simile: a figure of speech in which |
| poetry. Nothing fills my world with joy more than | | | | two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she is |
| grabbing my favorite pen, a notebook, some quiet time | | | | like a rose."Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a |
| and sitting down to give birth to a new poem. I liken it | | | | term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not |
| to giving birth since it is often a painstaking process | | | | literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, |
| and can take up more than a few hours of my time. | | | | as in "A mighty fortress is our God."Allusion: a passing |
| The end result is my "baby." Most of my babies end | | | | or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, |
| up here at waiting for precious feedback from you, the | | | | either directly or by implicationPersonification: the |
| reader.In regards to the quote above by Kahlil Gibran, | | | | attribution of a personal nature or character to |
| he is speaking of cooking which can, again, be | | | | inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a |
| compared to writing a poem. Poems cannot be written | | | | rhetorical figure.Rhyme: identity in sound of some part, |
| with indifference, for if they are they leave your reader | | | | esp. the end, of words or lines of verse.**Note that |
| hungry for more. They can also leave{i}you{/i} hungry | | | | rhyme doesn't have to be at the end, it can be internal |
| for more. They must be written with love. People who | | | | rhyme as well.{/i}So, if you love poetry as much as I |
| don't love to write poetry often make poor poets | | | | do, go out there and show us by using all the tools you |
| leaving us, their readers, not satiated and wondering | | | | can to make a beautiful work of art that can be |
| why they bother to write at all.To love poetry, you | | | | enjoyed for many years to come! Let your love of |
| must love words, sounds, and rhythm and it helps if | | | | poetry shine through!Terry J. Coyier is a 37-year-old |
| you have an affinity for similes, metaphors, allusions, | | | | college student studying for an Associates of Applied |
| personification and even some rhyme. (There are | | | | Sciences degree. She is also a freelance writer who |
| many other items but these are just the basics.) | | | | writes about a varietry of topics. She lives with her |
| Without these tools poems often come out trite and | | | | son in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Terry is an |
| bland. Most of these tools can be found on the web | | | | author on which is a site for Writers and her personal |
| so I won't go into detail, but will give you some brief | | | | portfolio can be viewed here. |