Poetry - Fictional Worlds

All of this I have thrown away
Just for you.
All of this I have destroyed
Just for you.

All of this:
Myself
My heart
My soul
My life.

All destroyed,
Just for you.

All of this-
My future
My happiness
My love
My truth.

All thrown away,
Just for you.

Just for that one moment in your arms-
Do you see it now,
How you have ruined me?

I did not wish to;
Did I truly have a choice?
Completely destroyed...
I am nothing now,
Nothing without love...

Now there is nothing left

But an empty shell
Pouring endless words
Of despair.

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If I told you...

June 30th 2008 22:26

If I told you I love you,
If I told you I hate myself,
If I told you everything I am thinking,
Would you believe it?

If you read these tear-stained pages,
Would you wish,
You had let me explain?
Would you wish,
You had not made that vow?
Or are you truly happy now?
That no matter
The truth
You cannot come back?

I love you;
All the blood and tears
I shed each night
Is proof enough of that
See me lying here,
Might as well be dead;
Are you happy now?

Because I'm not.

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On Writing: The Core of Poetry

June 29th 2008 22:24

Poetry is all about technique;
It is about rhythm
How words flow onto the page,
How the pen moves,
How it all comes together
To paint a picture...

Poetry is one of the most beautiful forms of writing. It is appreciated by many and there are many great poets who have-sadly-passed on. So many budding poets in this day in age, with dark and beautiful writing, but poetry is such a hard market to get into.

And poetry is not as easy as one may think to write, for most.

A poet chooses their words carefully, generally going for the minimal words needed to make the biggest impact. Sometimes a poem is much much longer but your average poem is no more than fifteen to twenty lines. Poems are written with an eye towards rhythm and grace, and often written to the end of being read aloud.

Most of the great poetry is dark. Many poets wrote during hard times and wrote dark poems, but in poetry perhaps the darkness is most beautiful.

A poem verse:

I love you
Cold words that spill from
Broken hearts-
And bleeding lips.

Note where the lines are split; I could have put the words 'broken hearts' with the line before it, but I preferred the rhythm of taking a breath there. Most poetry is meant, to some extent, to be read aloud. To put images in the reader's mind with fragmented sentences and paragraphs. And in some cases the fragmented style inherent in poetry makes the symbolism that much more beautiful.

Poetry can be tricky to master for some; and for others, it just flows. Whichever category you fall into, good poetry is a pure art form and it is a passion just as any other form of writing.

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A Poem

June 29th 2008 22:12

Broken
Lifeless
Lonely

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February 27th 2008 04:40

Writing is my work, my passion, my joy in life. Writing is everything to me; it is the one thing I have had for six years, the one thing that I rely on and trust in.

And there may be something called a 'day job' but I'm praying I'll never need one. I guess I didn't really see much hope until that publication. Now I'm out searching for more of the same and I'm ridiculously happy

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...I win...

February 25th 2008 02:30

Thank you very much for your submission! We'd love to include it in the March edition of the Rag.

Alana

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A Little Poem

February 14th 2008 13:00

To hold you in my arms forever,
Would be a dream come true;
And the only thing that I'm afraid of

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February 14th 2008 12:41

Have you ever noticed that the best writers go through some of the hardest times? I cannot begin to describe to you how much I have suffered in the last two months. I was fighting with my mother; I went into an open relationship before being dumped by a guy I'm completely head over heels with, I managed to fail all my first semester classes, and I suffered a hospital overnight after which I became severely stress sick for over a week.

All writers go through times like these. And I have written so much and been so inspired during this whole time that I'm almost grateful for the pain. In the end though, it all worked out well

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