The Art of Poetic Structure: Anchoring Your Poems
Discover the concept of the "anchor" and how it can serve as a compass in your writing. Through detailed examples and practical prompts, here are insights on utilizing objects, repetition, and wordplay to add depth to your poems without losing focus.
The Art of Poetic Structure: Poetic Turns
A poetic turn is the moment within a poem when an idea or feeling shifts, creating a new perspective or insight.
Get to the Bottom of It: Fun with Footnotes
Despite their capacity to inspire fear in student research paper writers everywhere, footnotes offer an interesting way to experiment in poetry.
Morning After Poems: Exploring the Aubade
From the French meaning “dawn,” the aubade is a poem or song announcing the arrival of the morning and usually, but not always, lamenting leaving or being left behind by a lover.
Making It Work: Five Jobs for Poem Titles
Titles can be put to work in any number of ways in a given poem, and finding the right one can be the key to unlocking a poem’s brilliance.
Ekphrasis Poetry: A Multigenre Journey You Can See
Ekphrastic poetry explores the intersection between visual art and written expression.