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	Learning From Poetry

Tommolo

9-8-2007 2:05 PM

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poetry, writing

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9-8-2007 7:32 PM

neochonetes

Economy, that's why pops are just as important as comments.

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12-19-2007 8:00 PM

syncopath

"the finiteness of existence when approach poetically may become a source 4 many paths unto infinity."

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/37b23054-6f52-4d7e-800b-188ffc198ff5/4BDA072E-5BCE-40CD-9B6B-2FE8C2B50816/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/" href="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailywritingtips.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/"><P>No matter what kind of writing you do, reading poetry can be a great way to improve your writing skills. The principles of poetry can be applied to nearly every kind of writing  you do. Let’s take a look at what we can learn from poetry.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/"><STRONG>1. Poetry teaches word economy.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/"><P>In a poem, not a single word is wasted. Poets strive for finding the most effective words to convey each thought, emotion or idea.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/"><STRONG>2. Poetry uses powerful imagery.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/">Poets create strong visuals for their readers, truly giving the reader a glimpse of their subjects.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/"><STRONG>3. Poetry is inspiring.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/">The emotional response we have to the poem can often lead to an outlet for our own ideas</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/learning-from-poetry/"> <A href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/" linkindex="6" set="yes">The Writer’s Almanac</A> from Garrison Keillor offers daily poems as well as historical information. <A href="http://www.poems.com/" linkindex="7" set="yes">Poetry Daily</A> is another daily poem site. If you prefer, you can get get a haiku a day from <A href="http://www.dailyhaiku.org/" linkindex="8" set="yes">Daily Haiku</A> or <A href="http://tinywords.com/" linkindex="9" set="yes">tinywords</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4BDA072E-5BCE-40CD-9B6B-2FE8C2B50816/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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