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Ars Poetica

Poetry is

Words sliding like

Cream, slowly

And coating, sweetly

So rich, tasteful

Poetry is

Feelings smashing

Like Roman soldiers

Waves crashing

Into open sores

Poetry is

Love speaking

Then death, slowly

It’s life and death

And the next step

Poetry is

Words, words, words

That begin and end

But continue on

Until the reader begins and ends

That is poetry

The Beat (Ars Poetica)

Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, conjunctions,

Verbs, prepositions, adverbs, interjections,

Locked together by a Beat.

Each Beat has its own stamp.

Each stamp its own stamper.

Each stamper its own heart.

The hearts of poems are unique

Like snowflakes or fingerprints.

Each individual.

Hearts can vary the speed and length to control the tempo and change the message.

Size can be deceiving and

influential.

Beats can be ocean waves,

Ripples in a pond,

Or a cannonball in the pool.

Poetry is the speaker for the Beat,

Enhanced by the words,

Controlled from within.

Poetry is

Poetry is staring at a ceiling and finding words

To relate that ceiling to your love life

Because the right words can make any man think

That the ceiling above his head

Perfectly relates to

His love

Life

Poetry is a complex piece of art that most critics

Consider meaningless

But those few critics who take the time to look at

And observe the art form find it

Not only beautiful, but

Important for us

To see

Poetry is an emotion that is not captured by one word

But is rather captured by alliteration

Or maybe it’s captured by an image or two

Or maybe some rhymes

Or a metaphor

A simile or

Two?

Poetry is a skill that is deeper than meaning

Poetry is thought provoking thought that is teaming

Poetry is needed and even though that I kid

I desire the art that makes language live

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Waylon Jin

British Literature E Block

Mr. O’Brien

April 30 2014

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A world without expression

is a world of depression.

Poetry is an avenue which people drive on,

Leaving tracks of expressed feelings and life experiences

Poetry is a person’s canvas

Brushed stroke by strokes with words

Words and thoughts of communication.

Silk red metaphors, bright yellow similes, and flaming orange rhymes

Poetry is a song

Repetition and rhythm, the pattern of sound

Pouring of emotions like rain showers in April

Meters of unstressed and stressed dew

Poetry is radiance

Illuminating all darkness that lies in the heart

Creating a blank verse for beginnings

Life is harmonious in poetry

My feelings create poetry

Your distinctiveness envisions poetry

Our voices define poetry.

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Consider poetry as a work of art

Similar to a painting, sculpture, drawing, or photograph.

A poem should paint a picture in the reader’s mind

Using rich imagery, figurative language, similes and metaphors.

 

A poet should not rely on the words in a poem to tell the story,

But rather the systematic sequence of events painted by the words chosen.

Each word and phrase is chosen for a specific reason

Therefore poets need to take connotation and denotation into consideration.

 

All groups of rhyming words are not poems

And all poems are not groups of rhyming words.

A poem is not determined by a mere sound that two words mimic

Nor by a set meter that the words must fall into.

 

People so often get caught up in the specific structure of a poem

But structure is the least important aspect.

Poetry should never be forced to fit a certain format;

The words should naturally flow onto the page.

 

One of the reasons poetry is sometimes despised is that it is confusing.

A way to avoid confusion is include allusions to events, people, and places.

However, sometimes confusion makes a poem even more interesting

It all depends on what the poet is trying to achieve.

 

And that leads to the absolute most important part of the art of poetry:

Every decision is up to the poet.

All of the power rests in the poet’s hands and all the poet needs is inspiration,

And that is the key to poetry.

 

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 Lines, rhymes, stanzas and breaks

Meters, pentameters, verses and

Words

Most importantly words

Create an image the poet is trying to portray.

Poets pour their life, hopes, dreams and experiences onto paper

And people read and interpret what they see.

Even though it may not be what they are supposed to see.

Poems are open ended

They are filled with emotion

But every person lives a different life

And that emotion can be taken in any direction.

Poetry is up to the reader

The poet gives a foundation for readers to start with

The real power behind the poem is up to them.

Poetry can be fun and upbeat like Doctor Seuss

Or filled with despair and sorrow like Edgar Allan Poe.

There is a poem for every mood and moment

Because it all depends on you.