Preferred Poetry Styles

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Preferred Poetry Styles

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I'm interested to see what styles of poetry you prefer to read and write (if you write) in. I am fond of poetry that rhymes, freeverse, and nonsense poems when I'm reading, as well as stories in the form of poem. My preferred writing style is free-verse and rhyming. Do you have any preferences? If so, why?
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I liked closed forms of poetry, such as the sonnet and the sestina. The latter is incredibly difficult to write (I've never tried it) and requires a lot of skill. Often they give the poet an opportunity to flex their poetic muscles because it's not a form you attempt lightly. The former has of course many classic examples and I've written a few myself. I'm not a great writer, but it was fun nonetheless -- certainly one of my favourite forms. Blank verse can also be great. In the hands of John Milton it achieves wonderful things!
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Free-form prose. And I detest rhyming poems.
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I write all kind of poetry. I have written free verse, Saraband, Acoustic, Shakespearean sonnet, Haiku and many others :-) But I prefer free verse :-)
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Comedic poetry: " Candy is Dandy but Liquor is quicker "............Ogden Nash...
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Free verse is the best because it gives us room for our creative ideas.
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ryanj1 wrote:I liked closed forms of poetry, such as the sonnet and the sestina. The latter is incredibly difficult to write (I've never tried it) and requires a lot of skill. Often they give the poet an opportunity to flex their poetic muscles because it's not a form you attempt lightly. The former has of course many classic examples and I've written a few myself. I'm not a great writer, but it was fun nonetheless -- certainly one of my favourite forms. Blank verse can also be great. In the hands of John Milton it achieves wonderful things!
The closed forms are a lot of fun. I think the tight parameters of these forms lead to more creative thinking. There is a lot to be said about trying to create something under certain constraints. The poet Donald Junkins said "Form means nothing / It's just the pressure we put on a poem" and I think that leads to a proper understanding of form. It is supremely important because for a poem to be a poem, it must have some kind of pressure hedging it in. Without some kind of pressure a poem can only be a lump of words (coal) and never a finely crafted piece of art (diamond).

I love poetry as a whole and try to take in as much as possible. My most recent favorite poets are Heaney, Robert Lowell, and Pablo Neruda. I really appreciate the way the three of them find ways to make their forms feel loose and natural.
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there are many poetry writer i like but some are my best writers.
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Post by aliba12 »

I love free verse! And if they were written time ago ;)
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