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Poetically Prompted Open in new Window. [E]
Fifth go around on Promptly Poetry Challenge
by No Sox with Sandals Author Icon
         Review for entry/chapter: "minute" Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Greetings, Sox!

I'm here as a fellow member of the PPC5 challenge.

Well, since you were kind enough to drop by my minute poem and express frustrated admiration for it, I’ll have to see what you managed *Smile* (also, I’m behind on my 10 PPC5 reviews this month…)

I see where you struggled… perhaps the peskiest part of writing a form poem is deciding on the subject. You can always make me chuckle with the fumbling “why are they making me do this!” sort of theme. In a good way, I mean. It’s relatable. I was quite honestly dreading this one, because I’m “panicking” about the 4 stories left in Reflections and need to focus. Last thing I wanted to do is figure out what kind of “iambic meter” they’re talking about!

So, first I picked the simplest possible theme, one I’ve used before. Writing about writing is… what you did too, actually. It went a lot easier once I realized I couldn’t possibly get full sentences out of four syllable lines. The emdash became my best friend, giving it an artsy flair and forcing us to assume there must be some deeper connection between those unrelated words *Laugh*

Also, a crucial element of good poetry writing is knowing when to eliminate articles, “the” and “a” and other potential filler words. Restructuring your thoughts to avoid these words leads to more creative and artistic writing patterns. I believe Brian K Compton Author Icon taught me this technique, and it’s truly invaluable.

I skipped the “iambic meter” part altogether… I think that was some sort of mistake. We can’t be bothered with stressed and unstressed in only four syllables, and it was unspecified exactly what meter. There’s likely no such thing as “quadrameter…”

Take care, thanks for sharing, and keep writing *HeartT*


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