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2Prevail
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since 2007-12-06

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0 posted 2007-12-09 03:00 PM

Hello folks,

I've joined your forums with a specific goal in mind.  To learn all I can about poetry, prose, and writing.  Your site seems to contain a vast resource of knowledge and interesting people.

I am not a poet, however, several of my relatives are.  I'd like to be able to identify a quality piece of work and complement them on it properly.  For now, I'll smile and say 'that's nice' if it rhymes, the same response is produced if it doesn't rhyme, except with a puzzled look in my eyes.

My passion is taking the written word and translating it into a drawing or painting.  One of my art classes decades ago, combined a semester with the poetry class.  The dismayed teacher wanted to fail me for my poetry. I passed the class with my art work only.

I thank you for this opportunity and hope to learn something about poetry.

moondogz
Member

since 2007-05-01

Posts 397
Great White North

1 posted 2007-12-09 04:19 PM

welcome to pip talk 2Prevail, poetry is good if you like it...I'd like to see some of your artwork sometime...maybe you could share it with us...c u bye.

TomMark
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since 2007-07-27

Posts 2133
LA,CA

2 posted 2007-12-09 04:30 PM

welcome to the wonderful place piptalk and enjoy yourself.

Tom

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

3 posted 2007-12-10 12:15 PM

Welcome to Passions! Should you ever have any
questions or need assistance in any area,
please do not hesitate to ask. While we have
moderators and administrators to assist you,
you'll find that most ALL of our members can
provide you answers to most any question.

We look forward to getting to know you!

2Prevail
New Member

since 2007-12-06

Posts 3

4 posted 2007-12-10 12:55 PM

Thanks for the welcome, I'm looking forward to getting to know you all too.

Ok, my first question,

What's the difference between free form poetry and a prose?

Marilyn
Member Elite

since 1999-09-26

Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2007-12-10 02:50 PM

Hi and welcome. Your first question is tricky but as a guideline...prose is writing in the form of a short story or essay. With this form you must have proper paragraphing as well as structure to your writing. Free form poetry needs no form and can be what ever the poet wants to make it. eg.,Creating a
                            picture
                             with
                               w
                                o
                               r
                                d
                                s

Free Form poetry gives you the freedom to do as much or as little as you like. For a beginner this is the best style to begin with. You can't be wrong...lol.

Marilyn

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6 posted 2007-12-10 03:37 PM

To add on to Marilyn's explanation,
some of the best free form poetry on these
boards come from the likes of serenity,
Martie, and several of the others. Use of
metaphor is more intense in free form poetry
than normally used in prose; as Marilyn said,
prose follows along the lines of a short
story. In free form poetry, the words "and, but,
then, for, [etc.]" are almost non-existant. A
collection of abstract thoughts
is another term I've heard used for free
form poetry.

Enjoy!

2Prevail
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since 2007-12-06

Posts 3

7 posted 2007-12-12 01:49 PM

Thank you for your explanations.

Let's see if I understand them properly. A short story/essay can be called as a prose, where the free form poem would be a descriptive idea without the restrictions of language edicate?

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