Tag: Poetry

Potential

Potential Bring us words — witty, wise or wistful written with all of their potential.Make sense of life’s distorted mirror, unlock our deepest emotional stirrings. Write with all of your potential.Share your words wrapped in plastic, paper or silk. Extract understanding, pain, happiness. Touch the deepest pit, the wildest joy. Help us distil each drop… Continue reading Potential

The Art of using symbolism in Poetry

Symbolism is a powerful literary device that enriches poetry by adding deeper layers of meaning. Through symbols, poets can convey complex ideas, evoke emotions, and create connections between the tangible and the abstract. What Is Symbolism? At its core, symbolism involves the use of—objects, colours, events, or even emotions—to represent something beyond their literal meanings.… Continue reading The Art of using symbolism in Poetry

Poetic Devices

Literary devices/Poetic devices/Figurative Language Common literary devices, such as metaphors and similes, are the building blocks of literature, and what make literature so enchanting. Language evolves through the literary devices in poetry and prose; the different types of figurative language make literature spark in different ways. Yet these devices are techniques we use in our… Continue reading Poetic Devices

The Power of Words

Oratory makes power The power of words An eloquence of speech Combined with fluency of ideas Charisma confounds rhetoric Or expands it into a force for good or ill Oratory moves mountains Moves the masses There is a power to words Declamatory speeches laced with anaphora Sing to the soul Words written on the page… Continue reading The Power of Words