Listen, I know poetry seems like super big, scary and daunting section that's always shoved in the very back of the library with deteriorating shelving and a couple dust bunnies floating by like tumbleweeds... but, honestly, that's not what poetry actually is! Poetry is about a "literary work in which special intensity is given to …
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How to Write Your First (Or Millionth) Poem
Hey y'all! So, today, I'm giving you a guided writing post that's going to take a very basic, beginner-friendly approach to... (drum roll, although you probably already read the blog title...) writing poems! Ah, poetry... you know, the thing some of us love, some of us hate, some of us love to hate, and some …
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Poetry roundup: current reads
I've never done one of these kinds of posts before, so bear with me here, homedogs. So, I've got a lot of poetry reading to-do and done lately, and I thought it'd be nice to accumulate all my reads into one spot. I mean, basically, all I read is poetry and magazines. (I suck at …
Mad Libs: Poem Style
Let's have some fun today, guys! I'm sure everybody's familiar with Mad Libs, right? You know, these things... Photo taken from Walmart.com. Well, a lot of people used to do these things as kids. At least, I did after I found my older sister's original Mad Libs book from the 80s yellowing in the bottom …
Introducing… “For Us”.
First, we had The Quiet Diaries. Then, we had the Inquiry Entries. And now, I'm starting us up with a new poetry series, called "For Us". This series is a little bit different than anything I've done before, but I'm pretty excited about sharing it with y'all! So, here's the rundown... Each segment, I guess, …
“Poems in progress…”
That's the name of a new document I currently have stowed away under my writing folder on my MacBook. Well, actually, it's not even really new. I actually started it about... oh, gosh, over a year or... maybe even two now... but, anyway, I abandoned it pretty soon after starting and only now am really …
A raaaandom poem
So, I wrote this, apparently, two months ago at 3 in the morning. I have nothing else to say. Enjoy! Daydreams Litter the floor Everything here Wasn't before All that I have Is all that I was And it's over because Emotion goes last Roads On the walls Sense of direction Still feeling lost All …
Inquiry Entry #26
When can I change The time(s)? -iKari
Inquiry Entry #25
Why is there not an I In everyone? -iKari
Inquiry Entry #24
Why do the worst feelings Not have names? -iKari
Kari Lynn M. 