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sup /lit/

I know nothing about writing poetry, is pic related a good place to start? Any personal recommendations?

>> No.3857113

>>3857090
That is my personal recommendation

>> No.3857120

>>3857090
Do it the old fashioned way. Pick a classic and 'write' it all out word for word.

>> No.3857128

>unlocking the poet within
Lel. I'd recommend that anyone interested in writing poetry do research into the critical schools and mechanisms. Leave the self-help books at the door. Also, read some fucking poetry. Nothing's more helpful than acquainting yourself with the real thing.

>> No.3857156

>>3857120

Does that actually work?

>> No.3857165

>>3857156
Yes. If you surround yourself with class poetry, you will absorb a little of their skill. You're learn what works in poetry. But you need to read poetry excessively. Also, read poetry from different time periods and critical schools.

>> No.3857186

>>3857128
>no one said I had to read to be a writer!

>> No.3857198

>>3857186
>don't want to read? not to worry, we've included the ten best poems of all time for your convenience!
>frost, frost, frost, eliot, poe, poe, dickinson, williams, collins,

>> No.3857199

>>3857165
I should really proofread my posts. God damn.

>> No.3857391

on a related note, I have trouble listening to/figuring out stress vs unstressed shit

i dont even think thats something you can/should have to learn

>> No.3857395

>>3857128

the book is an intro into all that

>> No.3857416

>>3857391
>I don't even think that's something you can/should have to learn

Yeah because that wasn't a central part to poetry back in the day or anything. I really doubt that any great poet ever actually looked at their poems and said this is where a stressed syllable is or even counted how many stressed versus unstressed syllables were in a verse or anything.

I mean like the 300 years in which poets were doing it was like a complete waste you know? Rhythm means absolutely nothing in poetry and shouldn't actually be calculated or even consciously attempted.

>> No.3857465

>>3857416
I'm pretty sure you're an asshole: the poster was saying he has trouble finding the stresses in poetry and he doesn't think that is something others have to learn, so (s)he is upset. I don't think the poster was saying it is unnecessary to know. They only feared that it was largely unnecessary to learn, and that a lack of natural feel for it would be a huge impediment to their understanding of poetry.

Have fun being an internet dick-shitter.

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3857523

>>3857465
>being this mad at a troll.

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3857563

>>3857128
dafuq?
That's what this is!
Sorry if you got derailed by the subtitle, I guess it confuses people when he makes the titles to a poetry book metaphorical.

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3857583

Ode less Traveled is a good instruction book, familiarizing you with the forms and techniques and giving you a good jumping off point to help you find the style you want to work with, It includes exercises and examples.

As for Poetry Recommendations, There's a list in the sticky, but I like
Keats
Byron
Dickinson
Edmund Spenser
Shakespeare (almost goes without saying)
Dylan Thomas
T.S Elliot
Robert Browning
and of course, cause they make me nostalgia so hard,
Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein