Poetic Stylings

[Aaeden]

What is your personal poem styling? Feel free to share examples! ^^

[Drewdle]

Damn, two votes, both for free verse. Shakespeare would not approve.  Just kidding, I'm one of the two votes. I find that when I write poetry, I just let stuff flow out of me, and whatever rhythm it takes is it's own. Shaping my writing to conform to a certain style makes it feel manufactured, because I don't really think in templates.

[Aaeden]

I'm totally with you on that one. I may dabble in artistic poetry on occasion, but not because it's something I have a specific draw to.

[Tiger_Dusk]

im usually free verse, cause im usually writing what im feeling and i don't have time to follow all the rules of other stylings lol

[Aaeden]

Apparently nobody believes in the older, specific styles of poetry. I can't blame them though. What fun is structure?

[Mobile Suit Bunny]

Consider it a puzzle. Like writing lyrics. How can I make it sound awesome and still fit into this styling while retaining my meaning?

[Amorphous]

I occaisionally get the feeling that I should try my hand at some structure or other, but I'm lazy. I'll hopefully wiggle my way into a creative writing class in uni at some point though. Here's a recent scribbble:

I Want To Fall In Love With A Girl Who Rides Transit

They turn up the heat on the trains at night
or in the winter
(of course--
this is Alberta)
because the tubes are always dark and lonely.

Best efforts aside,
the tweed and steel seats are never comfortable
until you're too drunk to stand
or you've had rigourous training
in the art of sitting alone.

Together, of course,
is a different matter.