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    pikachufannumber1 Posts: 98, Reputation: 6
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    Jul 26, 2007, 11:38 PM
    i like writing poetry.
    to express how I feel. I wrote a poem and I don't know if its very good because I don't write in this style. I'm just trying to mix it up a little. Can anyone please read it. I will accept constructive criticism but no bad reviews please. Thanks for reading it and halping me learn how to write better poetry. So here it is.

    There's many things you give me
    friendship is the best
    and I really hope that you can see
    I sincerely miss the rest

    your smile was another
    some ideas better than mine
    a face unlike any other
    and you're great at being kind

    your personality stirs my thoughts
    your way with expression is weird but fun
    but sometimes you make me very distraught
    even so I love the way your so certain

    I try so hard but I can't think straight
    it's like my abilities are starting to soften
    and that's affecting my way to create
    what I'm trying to say is I need your inspiration

    p.s. I haven't decided on a name yet so any names are welcome.
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    Wondergirl Posts: 39,354, Reputation: 5431
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    Jul 27, 2007, 12:47 AM
    If you care about rhythm and rhyme scheme, keep reading. Otherwise, go on to the next response and ignore this one.

    One thing I've learned is never mess with someone's poetry. Poetry is from the heart. No one can say it's right or wrong, good or bad. Poetry is emotion in words.

    Now that I've said that, I will do exactly what I said not to do. It's basically a good poem, but your rhyme scheme is a bit off. For instance, your first verse's rhyme scheme is choppy:

    --/-/-/-
    -/-/-
    --/-/-/-/
    --/-/-/

    I slightly rewrote the first verse. See how the rhyme scheme is now the same for every other line, so it reads smoother?:

    Such riches you have given me --
    Our friendship is the best.
    I always dream you'll finally see
    How much I miss the rest.

    -/-/-/-/
    -/-/-/
    -/-/-/-/
    -/-/-/

    I'm not a poet, but I'm big on rhythm in rhymed verses. Write a verse and then try to clap to it in a beat.

    I hope this didn't offend you. I had a bear of a poetry teacher in high school. He had us clapping to various rhyme schemes and then we clapped to sonnets by Shakespeare and poems of Christina Rossetti and Robert Frost and Gwendolyn Brooks and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. My hands still hurt.
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    cal823 Posts: 867, Reputation: 116
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    #3

    Jul 27, 2007, 03:46 AM
    Awesome poem lol, I started writing poetry a little while ago, though the poem I posted on this site was quite a bit... well, when my friends saw it, they were scared lol
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    pikachufannumber1 Posts: 98, Reputation: 6
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    Jul 27, 2007, 07:48 AM
    Thank you peoples. Yes it was off wondergirl but I'm just going to keep it the way it is ebcause it wouldn't be me if I rewrote it that way.
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    pikachufannumber1 Posts: 98, Reputation: 6
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    Jul 27, 2007, 11:53 AM
    Kay thanks. I will.
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    Jul 27, 2007, 11:56 AM
    I like it a lot. I started writing poetry a few years ago when my best friend moved to British Columbia... i stopped for a while but his death got me back to writing, so keep on going, because poetry is your soul speaking in wonderful words & rhymes.
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    Kellyisawsome Posts: 106, Reputation: 5
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    Jul 31, 2007, 01:39 PM
    I write poetry.
    I thought your poem was good.
    I think your poem should be called "Someone kind."
    ;)

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