Optimist, sunshine, nature, apples, clouds, animals, walking, being me, air-rifle, sketching, music, laughing with friends, reading, living each day to the fullest
'On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

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I attended drgwee's workshop on poetry at a library yesterday and it was great to spend time learning about something you can appreciate. I coincidentally met daniel at the workshop too. It is quite cool to know friends who have really varied interests just like I do!

Key takeaways:
1. An effective poem has "the most effective way of  bring across a particular subject matter".
2. Poem comprises of two aspects: 1) (particular) concept/ idea/ feeling; tightness 2) Rhythm
3. Form matters (eg. spaces, indent, arrangement, distortion of grammar, choice of words)
4. Poetry to him is: beautiful words, sculpting with words (dimension), music in words, painting in words.
5. Worst poems are poetry without tone, form, feel

There's something beautiful how words are strung (and sung 'rhyme, rhythm, punctuation') in poetry.
Poems can convey a deeper sense of meaning as well as to convey a meaning that cannot be understood with words alone.
I want to embark on a journey to learn about poems and to learn about structures, rules and to learn to write a more beautiful poem. every one starts somewhere, and here is my beginning.

~ Anyway, i'll write randomly poetry for myself and see how I grow over time.

haiku (575)

seeds drifting along,
melodious wind to explore,
places you know not -

wispy clouds in the air,
tapping gently on my hair,
baby, are you there?

limerick (aabba)

quatrain (xbxb, aabb, abab)

free verse (words to create effect. tie words with ideas, words that hold meaning (not used extravagantly)

place poems back to the top?