Funny Love Poem - How To Find The Right Words

When it comes to writing a funny love poem you may find yourself faced with a task a lot harder that first thought. This article contains tips and ideas that will help you write a funny love poem. Before you begin your funny love poem I would recommend reading and listing to other poems in the same genre. This will give you some ideas about the styles they were written. You will also be able to decide if your funny love poem is going to be long or short, rhyming or not... Read more »

The Beauty Within

Akiane Kramarik’s paintings have sold for up to $1 million. She has been a guest of the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and Good Morning America. Her two bestselling books are “Akiane: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry” and “My Dream Is Bigger Than I - Memories of Tomorrow″. Although she has quite an impressive resume under her belt, you might be surprised to learn she’s still a child. After drawing for only a couple of years, Akiane moved on to her real passions, painting (at age six) and writing poetry (at age seven). Her work has been featured all over the world including exhibitions in the United States,... Read more »

Anniversary Gift - Romance Is The Key

When searching for an anniversary gift the main thing to remember is to be romantic and sincere, especially if the gift is for your partner or loved one. Sometimes a material anniversary gift really does not express how deeply you feel, and you may consider sending something more heartfelt and personal such as a poem or a card that contains anniversary verses. Writing your own poem may not be your forte but do not despair, there are many services available to help. If you do decide to send an anniversary gift that is a poem it is important to include information that is personal to the receiver Here’s a good example... Read more »

Home Sweet Moldy Home-A Buyers Guide To Mold Free Homes

A home on the market is an exciting, yet often trying time for everyone involved. The sellers try to get everything in order so their house will show well. The real estate agents busily prepare MLS listings and contracts. The buyers look everything over with a fine tooth comb. Are the teeth in that comb fine enough to catch mold spores though? Most often, the answer is no. Sometimes, even an obvious sign indicating the presence of mold will go unnoticed by even the most discriminating of buyers. You may... Read more »

Poetics: Free vs. Formal

Poems can be constructed in either free verse or formal verse. Most poets today write free verse which is open to pattern and is recognized as nonconforming and rhyme less verse. Metrical verse relies on stanza length combined with meter or rhyme patterns distinct to itself. There are several traditional commonly-known forms of poetry. Haiku, a form of Japanese descent, consists of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables respectively, and traditionally deals with nature subjects. A sonnet, whether of English or Italian... Read more »

Do You Need An Agent For Your Book Project?

Why not just send your manuscript directly to publishers? Writers ask companies to help them find publishers for their book projects all the time. The business of finding a publisher for your work is a multi-step process. After your manuscript has been completed, edited, and formatted according to industry standards, the next step is to launch it properly into the world. Our advice–find a reputable agent first. Agents are the interim contact you need to connect your work to a publisher. Keep in mind that agents do not want to deal with short works such as poetry and short stories. Agents work on commission, and there is no way to support themselves from sales of poetry and short fiction. The majority of larger publishing houses no longer... Read more »

Poetry vs The Internet

Poetry is the mastery of words in all their variations and subtleies to express in an eloquent manner that which cannot be expressed in silence. Emotions of the heart, a looking glass into the soul, a way to make amends, and a way to build vistas exploring humanity and all it’s relationships. Poetry is all this an much more. Poetry is also much less, and in a more simplified manner, it is only words. Just words. But used in such a way, as to make us think and feel about others, events and things in a way we could never have imagined. Poetry cleanses, fortifies and inspiries the reader, while at the same time fuels the creative passions and allows for... Read more »

The Art of Poetry Writing

Poetry can be described in so many ways, but one general concept people have about poetry is, it stems from an emotion, an inspiration, or from a particular event in the poets life. Poetry is an art form that uses metaphors to express a certain thought or story. While telling the tale as it is can be easier understood, poetry is not into expressing one definite meaning, but rather into making the reader think and determine for themselves what the writer may be trying to put forth. The artistic use of words to represent something is else is common in a lot of poetry writing styles... Read more »