Free Poetry Lesson


Someone recently said to me, I should take a poetry writing class. I responded, you mean TEACH a class. A good poem has a few things.

(1) What you can see & what you can't see. Sharp edges & soft bubbles. Grounded & lofty. So "a kiss is love" is okay. "Tears of Joy" is okay. But "happiness is love" is 2 bubbles floating in a lava lamp. Boring. 

Most of the romance lyric videos on YouTube are platitudes disconnected from a real thing or person. You & I is a platitude. So those videos (you can see) don't fulfill the heart (you can't see).

(2) A poem is a collection of echoes (repetitions & distortions) you set in motion. Start with your best sound. Let it echo as the final sound. When the poet lifts his pen to end the poem, the message echoes in the mind of the listener, in distorted memory.

(3) When you hear the first sound echo as the final sound, you feel differently. The meaning has changed. Sometimes you remember only the meaning of the poem. Isn't that enough? Wasn't that the purpose of the poem?

Free poetry lesson.
Gay Love & Romance

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