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Dec 31
poem 6 comments challenge: YWP is...
nean_bean

A Little Note... (I'm Not Sure, I Guess I Got Inspired)

**this is me just kinda rambling (please tolerate)**

i've never actually
written poetry before.
(yet none the less here i am telling you
that in verse)

i don't think i ever
really realized that
there was more to writing
then straight lines of text

i always thought poetry was
rhyme the lines because
that how things are
so you mustn't change the rules...of how...they...are...(?)

(what would fit there and rhyme with "are"?)

i didn't know
that breaking text this way
just
emphasized meaning

until i met her.
(her will remain nameless,
you may or may not know
who you are)

i was astounded;
the beauty of her writing struck me.
all i thought was
"i want to write like that"

so here i am today
and i have found a voice
(one of many voices)
(when writing of course)

and i guess that's
cool
i still can't write like her
(but i can try)

and i still enjoy writing
"the straight text"
but i enjoy poetry too
which i couldn't have said

a couple of months ago

so thank you, you
for showing me another
kind of writing
(which is pretty cool)
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  1. Nightheart
    Jan 01, 2018

    nean_bean, this is a very nice poem, and I don't think its rambling at all. I think the revelation about how you found poetry is very nice!

    "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion"- Albert Camus

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  1. nean_bean
    Jan 12, 2018

    Thanks!

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  1. Hazel.C.
    Jan 01, 2018

    I'm so glad you discovered the diversity and freedom in poetry (and other types of creative writing)! I agree with Nightheart, this isn't rambling. In my opinion, poetry can be just thoughts written out, and be beautiful.

    Your voice throughout this piece is very clear, the only place I was slightly confused was the third stanza. In the second line seems like it's missing a few words; the thought doesn't seem quite complete. Did you mean something like "poetry was rhythm and line breaks a certain way because..." ?

    That aside, assuming the subject of this poem is YWP related, would you consider entering this for the YWP is.... Challenge (Go into edit and type "YWP is.... into the "challenge" box)? That challenge may be a past one now, but it might also be ongoing. Either way, I think this post answers one of the questions of that challenge very well (how has YWP affected you?).

    Thanks for sharing your experience,
    ~Hazel

    ~Hazel

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  1. nean_bean
    Jan 01, 2018

    Thanks! Great Suggestions, Editing Now!
    --nean_bean

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  1. jbird18
    Jan 03, 2018

    Hey there nean_bean,

    I concur, this is not at all rambling. It does make sense. And gosh-golly-gee do I love it! (I have no idea if that's a phrase, but it is now). You've written a really great poem! I love the title. It fits so well. And You've used parentheses effectively. Parentheses in poems sometimes bug me because they don't make sense-- but here they fit right in and have a reason to be here.
    Thank you for sharing your discovery of poetry with us!
    - Janet
    P.S. my favorite stanza is:
    "until i met her.
    (her will remain nameless,
    you may or may not know
    who you are)"

    I think I love it so much because it's like a secret message to someone in the poem, and also, it's a brave thing to do-- to let someone know (if they know they're "her") you're writing about them with the chance that they're reading your writing. I admire that.

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  1. nean_bean
    Jan 03, 2018

    Thanks!

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