Poets use a range of musical and figurative devices to achieve their effects. Some of these effects relate to the rhythm and metre ( meter) of the words. In poetry, the meter (or metre) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse. The study of the rhythm, stress, and pitch (or intonation) of speech is… Continue reading Devices used by poets. 1.
Category: writing
Do National quirks put readers off?
I have had reason of late to cogitate about the differences between American English and United Kingdom English. I am sure there are articles out there giving definitive views on the subject. I admit to not having done a search yet. A few incidents have set me wondering if the different word usages and terms… Continue reading Do National quirks put readers off?
Swiping the new typing
Wow Swiping The new typing Well not very new But to me a new view I like the theory How to, a query Slide the finger Don’t let it linger IMG it’s not h that VB easy ß my mind VB and it’s very queasy My BM will seems thwarted The sense distorted Hmm way… Continue reading Swiping the new typing
Are you better or are you worse?
Are you better or are you worse Can you make better verse Seems you may drive me round the bend Started getting numbers at the ends You may be something of an enigma Will I fall for you, or will I bin ya So far it feels like no true love You are not my… Continue reading Are you better or are you worse?
Spell checker
I don’t have attribution for this piece, so I apologise to the author for the lack of acknowledgement. It made me grin and I wanted to share.
Writing urges
Feeling the surges of urges untamed Thinking the thoughts a little deranged Warm waves of pleasure wash over my soul Wanting to surrender and lose control Allowing the feelings to take over me Ideas to flow, concepts to be free Bottling the surges of urges untamed Shaking them up, till they pop unrestrained Unleashing ideas… Continue reading Writing urges
Why Rhyme?
Words crawl across the page Full of ideas, need to engage Stories, prose or rhyme Has to be rhyme, when , little time Rhythms and rhymes feels so easy Feel so right, work so cleanly Poetry purists will say how cheesy Expell their breath, very wheezy An idea to express, a reaction to provoke A… Continue reading Why Rhyme?
Other passions..
Other Passions Possess the soul Other creations, to fashion The need to strive, to be a whole Life is not about rations To be self fullfilled one needs the control To express personality without dispassion Maybe it means, dancing round the maypole Or anything else that causes satisfaction Get creative, let your imagination stroll Fill… Continue reading Other passions..
Ode to writing and promoting ones novel
Putting the words on the paper That was an easy caper The flow of ideas The protagoniststs fears The plot that was not The plan that was shot The breaking of rules Maybe created by fools That was an easy caper The novel soon grew In chapters woo hoo I wrote as I spoke Great… Continue reading Ode to writing and promoting ones novel
Reviews on Amazon for Converging lives
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Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 