From Kenney Myers, who says:
When it comes to poetry, there are more formal types than the casual reader may realize. There’s definitely more to poetry than the rhyming sentiments in greeting cards, though many of those verses do adhere to one of these style forms. The poetry types listed here are a mere sampling of the many different forms out there, and can serve as an interesting starting point for a deeper study of poetry and its many styles.
See the list at the link.
From kennymyers.com:
Rhyming words are fun, but some words will leave you tongue-tied trying to find a suitable partner. Anyone who has ever dabbled in poetry will tell you that meter is a refined art that requires the poet to have a comprehensive understanding of how the rhythmic structure of words, sentences and verses ebb and flow. A rookie mistake when dealing with rhyming words is assuming that every word has to be an exact match. A close match is often sufficient to convince the ear that it rhymes without breaking the rhythm of the verse of rhyme. These 15 websites are designed specifically to help you find rhyming words, synonyms and other forms of creative word play.
See the list at the link.
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2013 James Ament From Accredited Online Colleges:
While many of us have read poetry, either on our own time or at school, far fewer have ever endeavored to memorize a poem in its entirety. Yet memorizing a poem can be one of the most fulfilling and fun ways to explore poetry, even though rote learning has long since fallen by the wayside in the typical American classroom. Don’t believe us? Read on to learn why memorizing poetry can be an incredibly valuable practice, for your brain, career, and overall well-being.
I should probably try memorizing something amazing, particularly for point #4, but then I am something of a utilitarian…check the first link to read the list.
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2012 James Ament From Today in Literature:
Sexton began to write poetry in 1957 after watching a half-hour show on educational television entitled “How to Write a Sonnet.” Her first encouragements came from her psychiatrist — Sexton had just made another of her many suicide attempts — and from Robert Lowell, who taught both her and Sylvia Plath in his Boston University poetry workshop. Sexton and Plath would often discuss the ideal suicide — when Plath took her life in 1963 Sexton complained to her psychiatrist, “That death was mine!” — and her “Wanting to Die,” from the 1966 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Live or Die, is among many which attempt to puzzle out the obsession.
Does one have to be unbalanced, suicidal and in need of psychiatrists to write poetry? I doubt it. I know people who write poetry that are clearly healthy personalities, but the art does seem to attract its share of neurotic persons.
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 James Ament From Salon: ”Critic David Orr explains the mysteries and marvels of contemporary verse and the people who write it.”
And he’s written a book—Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry—to help us navigate the poetry world…if one is so inclined. He even has a chapter called, “Why bother?” His answer given in the Salon interview is worth a read.
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 James Ament … is a Japanese woman, age 99.
Maybe there’s still time.
(This was all over the Internet some time ago, so I’m not sure who I should “hat tip.”)
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 James Ament Slouching Toward Nirvana is my first foray into the strange nihilistic and unpretentious world of author Charles Bukowski. In his poem called, “the curse,” he writes of the unfortunate consequences of fame—the ultimate fragility of Tolstoy, Henry Miller, Hemingway, Celine, Ezra Pound, Hamsun, Ambrose Pierce and van Gogh. He ends with: “we are hardly ever / as strong / as that which we / create.” In a long poem called “The Tide,” he writes: “most of what we learn / in this crazy life is /what to avoid…like, say, / a fancy ending / to this poem.” A sense of humor here.
What is most interesting is the man himself—his anti-lit reputation, his popularity, his easy narrative style, and his rage. A number of his books have been published since his death in 1994. And after tasting this one, I am spurred to read more. The following review of Slouching Toward Nirvana by Matthew Firth , written in 2005, is illuminating. It gives a good account of the man; and I like his headstone:
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