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As I have RUINED the previous thread with my less-than-serious comments and TN wanted a PROPER thread this is a new one!
TN said: I thought that maybe it was time to have a Poetry thread for all things... well, poetry.
This might include competitions, publications, questions, opinions, examples, or anything else poetry-related.
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I don't know why it riles me so much, but I feel angry when poetry contains 'thee', 'thou' or 'thy' (often used incorrectly, by the way). 'O' is another, or when the verb and subject order are swapped a la Shakespeare.
Just, no.
I am glad to have got that off my chest.
Liz said:
Oh, I agree. You won't find any published by a publisher that contains archaic language simply because someone 'thinks it's right'.
Another bugbear:
'Poets' that change the order of sentences to fulfil rhythm or rhyme requirements. If you can't get it right, you're not a poet. If you can't say what you want within the structure YOU have given yourself, find another or say it in a different way or don't say it all.
Unless of course it's to make a point.
If it read like flash fiction them it was probably not prose poetry, it was someone thinking they were writing prose poetry. It should have flowed, and flash fiction generally does not, as the word count is so tight all the metaphor and alliteration and lyrical stuff is simply not there.
A lot of flash is very lyrical and flowy. This particular poem won a prose poem competition - I will see if I can find it.
Edit: Nope.
I saw it on Twitter. I do think there is a continuum, though, where narrative prose poetry meets lyrical flash. Don't suppose it matters!
That is beautiful.
Flash is usually much longer than 10-20 words. Can be up to 1000 but is more usually 100-500 words. It also doesn't have to have a traditional story structure.