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[dukealien]

If you can write a decent sonnet, why bother with free verse?  
    Welcome, ray

    To embrace its different challenges?  

        Some say "different challenges", though it's more often described as "start with this, it's the easiest".

Comfortable in sonnets, not necessarily good (when ready to post, you decide - my impression: as comfort increases, good gets more difficult).

Not to get too deep as a rank noob, but sometimes forms liberate, sometimes they're a crutch.  Still uncomfortable in free verse, so keep picking  at it.

And thanks for the welcome.  (Nested replies - some boards prevent them automatically!   )

[ellajam]

Hi!
I'm Proze, with a Z, because when I got the nickname, I wanted to be a rapper. Unfortunately, I was a white boy from a middle-class family with no cars, drugs, or guns to brag about.

It all started with poetry, turned into rap, and then fizzled into the deep dark abyss of an accounting career. Now, I'm stressed and in need of a creative outlet, so here I am picking up the pen after a 6 year hiatus.

Looking forward to reading all of your work and learning about poetry from scratch!

Since you don't need cars or guns to write poetry, you're two-thirds of the way there already.
Welcome
ray

at your response,     at the spoiler, how'd you know I have a hat.

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If you can write a decent sonnet, why bother with free verse?  
    Welcome, ray

    To embrace its different challenges?  

        Some say "different challenges", though it's more often described as "start with this, it's the easiest".

But we all know that none of it is easy.

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    To embrace its different challenges?  

        Some say "different challenges", though it's more often described as "start with this, it's the easiest".

Comfortable in sonnets, not necessarily good (when ready to post, you decide - my impression: as comfort increases, good gets more difficult).

Not to get too deep as a rank noob, but sometimes forms liberate, sometimes they're a crutch.  Still uncomfortable in free verse, so keep picking  at it.

And thanks for the welcome.  (Nested replies - some boards prevent them automatically!   )

We love our nests, cozy.

[Proze]

That spoiler is TOO GOOD!!!!   

Hi!
I'm Proze, with a Z, because when I got the nickname, I wanted to be a rapper. Unfortunately, I was a white boy from a middle-class family with no cars, drugs, or guns to brag about.

It all started with poetry, turned into rap, and then fizzled into the deep dark abyss of an accounting career. Now, I'm stressed and in need of a creative outlet, so here I am picking up the pen after a 6 year hiatus.

Looking forward to reading all of your work and learning about poetry from scratch!

Since you don't need cars or guns to write poetry, you're two-thirds of the way there already.
Welcome
ray

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If you can write a decent sonnet, why bother with free verse?  
    Welcome, ray

    To embrace its different challenges?  

        Some say "different challenges", though it's more often described as "start with this, it's the easiest".

[rayheinrich]

That spoiler is TOO GOOD!!!!   

Thought you might like that.

[cowman886]

Hello there everybody! I look forward to posting and reading some great poverty.

[Leanne]

Hello there everybody! I look forward to posting and reading some great poverty.

Well yes, great poverty is certainly what you'll find here...

[rayheinrich]

Hello there everybody! I look forward to posting and reading some great poverty.

Well yes, great poverty is certainly what you'll find here...

    Welcome cowman!
    You'll find no shortage of smart-asses here.
    Make one lousy Freudian slip and you'll be hounded to make more.
    Don't say I didn't swarm you.

[John1865]

I suppose this is where I am to introduce myself. 

My name is John.

I hope here that some fellow poets, though I hazard I don't become the title very well, will help me better my poems. I have been writing for some time yet, but most of my poems are not all too good. Thank you for helping out!

[MartinNargrafFan]

Hello everyone,
I am just here to enjoy the poetry of others, and perhaps post some of my own or like poetry. :-)

-Lars

[ellajam]

Welcome, all. Three thoughtful posts in any of the workshops (Novice, Mild and Serious) makes you a full member of the Pen. You can click on any forum title for posting guidelines for that forum, they vary. I hope you enjoy the site.

[rayheinrich]

I suppose this is where I am to introduce myself. 

My name is John.

I hope here that some fellow poets, though I hazard I don't become the title very well,
will help me better my poems. I have been writing for some time yet, but most of my
poems are not all too good. Thank you for helping out!

I've read your first two critiques: Well done! One more and you get a hug.
You're the kind of member we cherish.

You said: ... "most of my poems are not all too good"
Well, welcome to the club; most of everybody's poems are not all that good.
That's what PigPen is about*: Learning to reduce the number of "not all that good" 's.

ray


*That and having fun with this thing some call "English" (not to be confused
with "British", a malformed derivative, the product of being isolated on a rather bleak little
island slightly to the west of real civilization. Hopefully you're not a current resident; but if so,
I congratulate your success at overcoming great odds. [Australia, though much larger {chiefly
the result of vast areas of desert} is derived from these roots. Their advantage, if it can be
called that, is that they're all descended from criminals and ne'er-do-wells. This circumstance
has granted them, by Darwin's fierce code of natural selection, a certain yeasty creativity
which lends itself to the creation of poetry.])

[ellajam]

Or taking the "not all that good"s and trying to turn them into "not all that bad"s.

[rayheinrich]

Hello everyone,
I am just here to enjoy the poetry of others, and perhaps post some of my own or like poetry. :-)

-Lars

Enjoying the poetry of others is a talent in short supply.
Good to have you,
ray

[pronavigation180]

Whats up guys,
This seems very cool. I'm relatively new to the vast realm of poetry, but i look forward to being immersed in a community of intellectual conversation.

[rayheinrich]

Whats up guys,
This seems very cool. I'm relatively new to the vast realm of poetry, but i look forward to being immersed in a community of intellectual conversation.

    Or being penned up with pigs.

    Pigs are smart.

    Welcome,
    ray

[AlstonTowers]

Hiya, generally pretty new to poetry so thought I'd check out some forums to expand my knowledge and search out some feedback. This seems like the best one i've stumbled across so far!

[ellajam]

Hiya, generally pretty new to poetry so thought I'd check out some forums to expand my knowledge and search out some feedback. This seems like the best one i've stumbled across so far!

Welcome to the pen. Thank you for the thoughtful critiques you've already left for others, they are much appreciated.

I hope you enjoy the site, ella.

[billy]

what ella said. Alston

[AlstonTowers]

Hiya guys, nice to meet you

[just mercedes]

Welcome to the newbies!