I love poetry (both reading it and writing it!). The ghazal is a beautiful poetic form, and you did very well there on your first attempt! These days, the poetry world is a lot more relaxed about form than it used to be and free verse is usually preferred by a lot of publishers (of course free verse has its own challenges!)
Thank you for your comment, Juliet and your kindness. I really don’t know much at all about the poetry world but it has me hooked! I have been reading some free verse today, there are so many options it is a little overwhelming!
Thank you so much for this, Manon, it is very helpful. I only really know the classic poets that we learnt at school so recommendations for more recent poets are very welcome. I don’t know if you can listen to BBC Radio 4 ‘Poetry Please’, it has inspired me to read more poetry. You are wonderful, Manon - I really admire you taking an English Literature class, what a fabulous thing to do. 😘
I love that you gave this a go, and its great. I think it was schooling that made me nervous of poetry, but I really enjoy contemporary poetry these days and that gave me a nudge to read more types and not worry if I was understanding all the depths of meaning. If you want some fun contemporary poetry to read or listen to I can highly recommend Holly McNish, she tackles all kinds of subject matter. She often reads poems on her instagram posts
Thank you for the recommendation Vicky, I shall pop over to have a listen/read to Holly later. It is strange how our tastes change as we age, I really didn't 'get' or like modern art when I was younger but I love it now and poetry has crept up on me just in the past year or so, probably reading other people on here has piqued my interest too. I know what you mean about poetry at school, where every line had to picked apart to find the hidden meaning, sometimes we want to read something just for enjoyment and not a literature lesson. Thank you for being so nice. x
hi lindsey...fabulous! trying something new is always good for us elders. i love haiku, one of may japanese forms of poetry. it too has rules, which of course have been broken. it's hardly as long as a ghazal, though it's equally challenging in its own way. give it a go. it may be a quick, grey cell workout!
Thank you so much Felice. Haiku is on my list, I think the shorter ones are even harder as the words have to be chosen so, so carefully! It really is a minefield but very interesting, I like the fact some have rules which really do make the mind work hard, I'm finding it quite addictive!
I love poetry (both reading it and writing it!). The ghazal is a beautiful poetic form, and you did very well there on your first attempt! These days, the poetry world is a lot more relaxed about form than it used to be and free verse is usually preferred by a lot of publishers (of course free verse has its own challenges!)
Thank you for your comment, Juliet and your kindness. I really don’t know much at all about the poetry world but it has me hooked! I have been reading some free verse today, there are so many options it is a little overwhelming!
You are doing a marvelous job, so brave to give it a go. You did very well.
I do love poetry, since the last 10 years , I think. I was joining an English literature class and my teacher was a poetry fan which was catching.
The poems of Jenna Plewes are beautiful so are the poems of Jane Clarke
I recently bought a poem book with Dutch poems about the sea and wind.
Thank you so much for this, Manon, it is very helpful. I only really know the classic poets that we learnt at school so recommendations for more recent poets are very welcome. I don’t know if you can listen to BBC Radio 4 ‘Poetry Please’, it has inspired me to read more poetry. You are wonderful, Manon - I really admire you taking an English Literature class, what a fabulous thing to do. 😘
I'm new to poetry. I recently did an eight week workshop to write poems about different parts of the body. It opened me up in a whole new way.
Ooooh, I bet that was interesting, Ilona. You’d do have the most wonderful creative life. Hope to see some of your poetry!
I love that you gave this a go, and its great. I think it was schooling that made me nervous of poetry, but I really enjoy contemporary poetry these days and that gave me a nudge to read more types and not worry if I was understanding all the depths of meaning. If you want some fun contemporary poetry to read or listen to I can highly recommend Holly McNish, she tackles all kinds of subject matter. She often reads poems on her instagram posts
Thank you for the recommendation Vicky, I shall pop over to have a listen/read to Holly later. It is strange how our tastes change as we age, I really didn't 'get' or like modern art when I was younger but I love it now and poetry has crept up on me just in the past year or so, probably reading other people on here has piqued my interest too. I know what you mean about poetry at school, where every line had to picked apart to find the hidden meaning, sometimes we want to read something just for enjoyment and not a literature lesson. Thank you for being so nice. x
hi lindsey...fabulous! trying something new is always good for us elders. i love haiku, one of may japanese forms of poetry. it too has rules, which of course have been broken. it's hardly as long as a ghazal, though it's equally challenging in its own way. give it a go. it may be a quick, grey cell workout!
Thank you so much Felice. Haiku is on my list, I think the shorter ones are even harder as the words have to be chosen so, so carefully! It really is a minefield but very interesting, I like the fact some have rules which really do make the mind work hard, I'm finding it quite addictive!