Every poem started presents an opportunity to get to the last piaster within. The wonderful thing about writing poems is that you never quite get there. Like many things worth doing, the journey is far more important than the destination.
Everything starts with inspiration or determination so while all those ideas are percolating and flowing to paper/screen enjoy the ride and try to stay out of your own way. After the flirtation, it is the time to begin your poem. A successful poem is a story, and like any story it should have three things: a beginning, middle and end, and as you refine your work make sure the poem has an arc. The prompts, ideas and exercises we toss around here at Piaster will help you fill in that story with four components.
- Uses of image or images open enough to be accessible to the reader
- Technique and form
- Style
- Voice
Post a link to your work in comments. Do support each other and provide feedback to your peers. When commenting, try to say more than you like it. Mention something you specifically like and say why or ask a question. We're not looking for in depth analysis but we are looking for useful feedback as well as encouragement. Have fun.
17 comments:
I haven't written poetry since high school--my father saved my last poem which is somewhere in my blog--Mary Poppins is a junkie
If you can't trust
Mary Poppins who
can you trust?
As I said I haven't attempted poetry in many many years--Mary Poppins being an example why--but this looks like fun. And I love anything with a Pias in the title :)
More seriously it looks like something I can learn from
Hi Pia,
You rock! Please pass the work.
wow... for me this is really a challenge... i will work on it tomorrow when i am fresh.....i like the idea tho,, and the presentation is lovely....
susan,, the feed to this blog for some reason is attached to black eyed susan... it doesn't bring up these posts at all... just thought you might want to know.....
ok kids... her we go.........
"reverberation"
Susan, I love this site! It looks great, it has a great vibe, and the content is way cool. I'm going to print the prompt and work on it tonight.
Not sure if I was up to the challenge, but here goes
http://a-mus-ing.blogspot.com/2008/01/ripple.html
Here is my effort, it's early so be kind.
http://andquethefade.blogspot.com/2007/12/test.html
brilliant challenge, I'll try my best...
Okay,I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing but I had fun and that's all that matters to me!! Thanks for asking me to try Susan!!
http://thejournalsofthemeanderingmuse.blogspot.com/2008/01/last-piaster.html
I deleted my last comment because it brought you to a failed attempt. It's cotrrected now but I somehow feel wrong.
"Plop"
Thanks for an interesting site and great challenge.
Imagery Challenge
Thanks for your comment, Susan. I chose a semi-haibun format, I think! Three haiku linked to an event but, in this particular case, allowed no space between!
I know so little about poetry...I'm learning and working my way around so many things...dabbling and touching and grasping, gripping and wanting to taste a bit of everything in life. I thank U.S. Parker for the critique of what I did and love the comment left for me...because it was so true and so "dead on". Always much to learn -- and these days I am like a sponge! It doesn't mean I will necessarily get any better at this...but it certainly won't be because I didn't try!
Here's my submission to the prompt:
dropped earth
Oh, goodness. Who could resist? Not me.
Here's mine.
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