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Writing

nolabear

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5. Good talent to have. Smart rhyming is hard!

Reply to Neoma (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 06:41 PM

Mar 2013

I do write rhyming poetry but most of it does not. I've been playing with forms lately. I'm a sucker for repetition in rhythms and imagery. I've been playing with villanelles a good bit, and old fashioned call-and-response pieces.

Good luck!

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Soooo, any poets among us? NaPoWriMo begins tomorrow! [View all] nolabear Mar 2013 OP

I might give it a try... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1

Too true. Butt in the chair, hands on the keys (or pen). nolabear Mar 2013 #2

Hands on keyboard, LOL! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #3

I am. Neoma Mar 2013 #4

Good talent to have. Smart rhyming is hard! nolabear Mar 2013 #5

I'm in. What is the link for littlemissmartypants Mar 2013 #6

www.napowrimo.net is the site. nolabear Mar 2013 #7

I meant to ask how this was going for you on the phone earlier. TeamPooka Apr 2013 #8

Not half bad! I just sent a trio of poems off to an anthology, one of which came out of this. nolabear Apr 2013 #9