Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

How Do You Analyse A Poem! ?

Though many would advise we read a poem line by line,There really seems much more to heed, as I have learnt from mine!I fight to find a title fit to..

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How Do Writers Do It?

How do they get such great verses?Or rhymes that scintillate?Like some actor who rehearses,Till everything looks great?Or one coaxes, holds and..

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How Do Poets Perceive The World?

How do poets perceive the world? Enough to share their thoughts,Enough to know in space it swirled, according to reports,Enough to know it has one..

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How Do Poets Make Money?

Giggle! Chuckle! And ha, ha, ha! This poet laughs out loud!Have I seen wages? Not this far! So I can join the crowd.That multitude of unpaid bards!..

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How Do Poets Get Their Ideas?

How do poets get their ideas and simply write and write,Dismissing all their doubts and fears and sharing day and night?It doesn't matter what..

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How Do People Read Poetry?

Reading is the first step,since the mind then gets the jistof what is being shared,perhaps with pictures played out,as the storyline is portrayedfor..

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How Do I Write Poems?

How do I sit upon a chair?Gosh, how do I write stuff?Perhaps to hold a pen right there?That's good, but not enough!Make coffee just to keep..

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How Do I Write Poems! ?

How do I sit down on a chair?Gosh, how do I write stuff?Perhaps to hold a pen right there?That's good, but not enough!Make coffee just to keep..

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How Do I Write My Poems?

How do I write my poems down?The title must come first,Because it's like the poem's crown,It's then I get immersed...A sudden rush of phrases..

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How Do I Write Eloquently?

How do I write eloquently? Each syllable its best,Creating perfect poetry such that it has impressed?Editing phrases from thin air, as each glides to..

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How Do I Write A Poem?

How do I write a poem, friends?With one phrase at a time,Until, of course, the last verse endsAnd each verse looks sublime...For patient edits here..

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How Do I Get Into Writing Poetry?

A poet thought that he should teach, for he loved poetryAnd with a wondrous world to reach, the need was there to see…For some need inspiration, too..

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How Do I Brainstorm A Story?

I had no basis from the start, no characters at all,No inspiration in my heart or ideas to recall.So I put my computer on, prepared to start from..

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How Did You Write A Nice Poem?

I read my poem as I wrote, correcting now and then,Of each new phrase I thus took note, again, again, again.I pondered more than once, it's true, on..

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How Did I Get Over Writer's Block! ?

I crept up on it… and I checked it out,I leapt up on it…. and threw it about,I gave it one almighty clout…Grabbed it by its snotty snout…Pulled its..

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How Dare You Read My Poem!

What! ? How dare you read my poem! ?You've filled me with regret!I had to edit and to trim!It's not quite finished yet!But you stood there and..

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How Dare I Write Of My True Love?

How dare I write of my true love,To let my secret out?For I'm as placid as a dove,I'm hardly one to shout...Nor stand upon some rooftop..

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How Could They Dare To Kill The Crowd?

I stood completely straight,Legs one foot wide apart,Fingers one inch wide apart...I threw my hands up suddenly.The controllers might be racist,The..

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How Could I Love Her More?

I have one heart, I have one mind, one spirit and one soulAnd yet today, of all Mankind, I seek to play a role...The chance to stand before my love..

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How Can You Write Poetry?

Just make your mind up here today, new poetry to write,Then make a start, without delay, instead of late at night…Then think of topics..

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How Can You Write About Love?

This poem is about one lonely man'sresponse to the famous words wesee in the New Testament that theApostle Paul wrote about love in1 Corinthians..

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How Can I Write For A Loved One?

How can I write for a loved one? Since those I love have died.With their sweet lives on Earth now done and I felt crucified,And mourning took my..

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How Can I Become A Poet?

How can I become a poet… and enthral my readers, too,So my heart and mind would know it… with every point of view?And soul and spirit joined my..

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How Blessed Are You?

The prodigal son thought he could win... till his friends walked away...Yet faith holds out when doubts give in... though miracles delay...His faith..

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How Beautiful Is She?

With her Fiorelli handbag,How beautiful is she?She muses as she reads her magAnd yet has not seen me...But here I am, transfixed in timeAnd..

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