Rhyming, if I'm forced to choose Would be the scheme I'd rather use I like structure, I like scansion And their extra added...tansion But that don't meat I can't see There's fab in rhyme-free poetry Hee hee. Says me.
Did you just write that now or should I know it? I have to write a poem for this (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=charlotteismad&itemid=42177#cutid1) and I don't know what the hell to do.
If I were a better liar I'd try to convince you it was T.S. Eliot, but you'd only hunt me down and kick my ass. Also I've heard Mr Eliot's ghost has little or no sense of humor, and I fucking hate it when ghosts come around. Dad used to come back and bomb the house with Lime Old Spice and scare the hell out of the poor dog. The last thing I want is Mr. We are the Hollow Men stalking the hallway in the wee hours.
But I digress. I just churned it out.
::ponders::
I'm totally no good at this sort of thing. Have you visited their web site to see if there are any examples of the sort of thing they like? Or you can just start writing words at random all over a sheet of paper and see if any combinations or sounds spark anything. Writing to order always makes me freeze up:
What do you want from me? What do you want from me? What the hell do you art fascists want from me? I know you mean well I know you mean well But you're really getting on my wick!
Is probably an excellent example of what not to submit.
Hmm... I've written two for them before and got them published but I was 10, so... Writing down things... The cut out method sounds like a good idea. That's how David Bowie wrote a whole bunch of his best songs, I think.
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Date: 2002-07-15 09:49 am (UTC)They look kinda like a cross between a turkey and an ostrich...
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Date: 2002-07-15 11:37 am (UTC)Would be the scheme I'd rather use
I like structure, I like scansion
And their extra added...tansion
But that don't meat I can't see
There's fab in rhyme-free poetry
Hee hee.
Says me.
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Date: 2002-07-15 11:43 am (UTC)I have to write a poem for this (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=charlotteismad&itemid=42177#cutid1) and I don't know what the hell to do.
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But I digress. I just churned it out.
::ponders::
I'm totally no good at this sort of thing. Have you visited their web site to see if there are any examples of the sort of thing they like? Or you can just start writing words at random all over a sheet of paper and see if any combinations or sounds spark anything. Writing to order always makes me freeze up:
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
What the hell do you art fascists want from me?
I know you mean well
I know you mean well
But you're really getting on my wick!
Is probably an excellent example of what not to submit.
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Date: 2002-07-15 12:10 pm (UTC)Writing down things... The cut out method sounds like a good idea. That's how David Bowie wrote a whole bunch of his best songs, I think.