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[ellajam]

Just signed up, recently got back into writing and have wrote a few things I'll probz stick up on here. Don't claim to be no expert, just enjoy writing and venting on the page. Looking forward to soaking up the creativity on this site too 

Hi, welcome to the Pen. For me, joining here and learning to critique has really helped push my writing forward. I hope you enjoy the site.

[rayheinrich]

Hi everyone. I was here for a while a couple years ago. Hope everything's cool. I'm very introverted, so after a time of being out there, I tend to shy away. 
Anyway, hello! 

Welcome Back also too as well.
My cat lost her rhyming dictionary so now she makes no rhyme and,
being a cat, she's always made no reason.

[NakedBear]

Hi everyone. I was here for a while a couple years ago. Hope everything's cool. I'm very introverted, so after a time of being out there, I tend to shy away. 
Anyway, hello! 

Welcome Back also too as well.
My cat lost her rhyming dictionary so now she makes no rhyme and,
being a cat, she's always made no reason.

Now she's a purfect specimen. Sorry.

Thanks for the welcome.

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Just signed up, recently got back into writing and have wrote a few things I'll probz stick up on here. Don't claim to be no expert, just enjoy writing and venting on the page. Looking forward to soaking up the creativity on this site too 

Hi, Chappers.

[rayheinrich]

Just signed up, recently got back into writing and have wrote a few things I'll probz stick up on here. Don't claim to be no expert, just enjoy writing and venting on the page. Looking forward to soaking up the creativity on this site too 

Be sure to save a bit of that "venting" energy for critiquing.
As for PigPen creativity: While it may seem a bit soppy, the best taste is always in the gravy.

Wishing you renewed brainy fluids,
Ray

[billy]

welcome chappers.

[onmorie]

Hi,

My nic is onmorie. The meaning in Korean is Whole Brain.
In order to be balanced spiritually, who;e brained is better.
It's a cool surprise to find haiku composed in English.
In Korea, we have Sijo. I want to compose haiku as well as
Sijo in English.

[rayheinrich]

Hi,

My nic is onmorie. The meaning in Korean is Whole Brain.
In order to be balanced spiritually, whole brained is better.
It's a cool surprise to find haiku composed in English.
In Korea, we have Sijo. I want to compose haiku as well as
Sijo in English.

Oh! Wow! Sijo!
I have read about it, but never actually attempted to learn to write it.
It was quite enough to attempt to learn (still learning) to write Traditional (not modern) English Haiku.
I like to write fauxku as well: Tiny poems that incorporate many of the elements of haiku, but
are much less strict in their adherence to the haiku form (i.e. what some call Modern English "Haiku").

I searched my browser bookmarks and this site was in them. I just tried it and it still works:
Sijo In The Light

Here are four I copied from there:  (It seems people have varying ideas about how to format English Sijo. )

   The spring breeze melted snow on the hills then quickly disappeared.
         I wish I could borrow it briefly to blow over my hair
         And melt away the aging frost forming now about my ears.

                    - U T'ak (1262-1342), translated by Larry Gross


Bark on the oak in the backyard
            has scars over my scars;
ladder steps lead nowhere now,
           swing rope has furrowed the old branch
How strong it makes us for a while –
           the world we make – before it goes.

-Larry Gross



so many changes have I seen in all the passing years
   wrinkles on my face and hands, strands of white run through my hair
   ah but braids cut off at age of ten still honey bright and soft

- Elizabeth St Jacques


                     NOTE TO THE UNIVERSE

                   Eternal is the mystery
                within your multitude of lights

                Into your soul   our silver darts
                   Seed noble hopes and dreams

                Fear not  old friend  We cannot stay
                   our roots are tied to trees

- Elizabeth St Jacques

I'm looking forward to reading English Sijo written by someone who knows it in its original Korean form.
Welcome to PigPen,
Ray

[ellajam]

Hi,

My nic is onmorie. The meaning in Korean is Whole Brain.
In order to be balanced spiritually, who;e brained is better.
It's a cool surprise to find haiku composed in English.
In Korea, we have Sijo. I want to compose haiku as well as
Sijo in English.

Hi, onmorie, thanks for explaining your name, the thought of a whole brain is lovely, though it's probably too late for mine.

The site is set up so that only posts in Novice, Mild or Serious count towards the three you need before you can post your own thread. So take a look at those, post a few thoughtful comments and then you can concentrate on the Short Form forum. If you click on the forum titles you'll see posting guidelines, important threads and critique tips.

Happy to have you here, I'm off to google Sijo.

[Dilvin]

Hi,

I'm a Turkish poetess who has been writing poems in English for almost a year and trying to convey her chromesthesia into words.

[ellajam]

Hi,

I'm a Turkish poetess who has been writing poems in English for almost a year and trying to convey her chromesthesia into words.

Hi, Dilvin, that's a new one for me. Welcome to the Pen, I hope you enjoy the site.

[Debralynn]

Hi, my name is Debralynn. I am an author of prose usually. Occasionally when inspired I dabble in poetry too. Hoping to get to know all of you.

[billy]

Hi, my name is Debralynn. I am an author of prose usually. Occasionally when inspired I dabble in poetry too. Hoping to get to know all of you.

hi and welcome

[dukealien]

Bless all here.  (Love that line from "The Eagle has Landed.")

Recently retired, started writing poetry in March of this year on a challenge from local "Writing for Fun" group.  The usual suspects (friends and family) say I may have potential; since I enjoy it, too, here I am to dip toe in the larger pond.

Most comfortable in sonnet forms and their derivatives; trying to branch out into free verse.  Have some theory and vocabulary of poetry at urging of friend-professor; will try to give good critique.

(Handle chosen more or less at random.  Every mythos has its Noah.   )

[ellajam]

Welcome, Deb and Duke, glad you've chosen our site, I hope your experience here is as educational and fun as mine turned out to be,

Duke: Don't miss out our Practice Threads which have great explanations of various forms and there are threads in Mild and Serious where you can follow the critiques and edits.

[Proze]

Hi!

I'm Proze, with a Z, because when I got the nickname, I wanted to be a rapper. Unfortunately, I was white boy from a middle-class family with no cars, drugs, or guns to brag about.

It all started with poetry, turned into rap, and then fizzled into the deep dark abyss of an accounting career. Now, I'm stressed and in need of a creative outlet, so here I am picking up the pen after a 6 year hiatus.

Looking forward to reading all of your work and learning about poetry from scratch!

[Leanne]

Sounds like you're overqualified, Proze :p

Welcome to the madhouse. You may leave your dignity at the door.

[billy]

if the poetry doesn't work out you can always do our accounts

welcome to the zite

[rayheinrich]

Hi, my name is Debralynn. I am an author of prose usually. Occasionally when inspired I dabble in poetry too. Hoping to get to know all of you.

If you already write prose, then poetry is easy:
Write a piece of prose, gather up every 10th word, arrange the words
randomly in equal-length lines, capitalize the first letter of each line,
then make condescending remarks about anyone who says they can't
understand it.

Welcome.
ray

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Bless all here.  (Love that line from "The Eagle has Landed.")

Recently retired, started writing poetry in March of this year on a challenge from local "Writing for Fun" group.  The usual suspects (friends and family) say I may have potential; since I enjoy it, too, here I am to dip toe in the larger pond.

Most comfortable in sonnet forms and their derivatives; trying to branch out into free verse.  Have some theory and vocabulary of poetry at urging of friend-professor; will try to give good critique.

(Handle chosen more or less at random.  Every mythos has its Noah.   )

    If you can write a decent sonnet, why bother with free verse?  
    Welcome.
    ray

[ellajam]

Bless all here.  (Love that line from "The Eagle has Landed.")

Recently retired, started writing poetry in March of this year on a challenge from local "Writing for Fun" group.  The usual suspects (friends and family) say I may have potential; since I enjoy it, too, here I am to dip toe in the larger pond.

Most comfortable in sonnet forms and their derivatives; trying to branch out into free verse.  Have some theory and vocabulary of poetry at urging of friend-professor; will try to give good critique.

(Handle chosen more or less at random.  Every mythos has its Noah.   )

    If you can write a decent sonnet, why bother with free verse?  
    Welcome.
    ray

To embrace its different challenges?

[rayheinrich]

Hi!
I'm Proze, with a Z, because when I got the nickname, I wanted to be a rapper. Unfortunately, I was a white boy from a middle-class family with no cars, drugs, or guns to brag about.

It all started with poetry, turned into rap, and then fizzled into the deep dark abyss of an accounting career. Now, I'm stressed and in need of a creative outlet, so here I am picking up the pen after a 6 year hiatus.

Looking forward to reading all of your work and learning about poetry from scratch!

Since you don't need cars or guns to write poetry, you're two-thirds of the way there already.
Welcome
ray

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If you can write a decent sonnet, why bother with free verse?  
    Welcome, ray

    To embrace its different challenges?  

        Some say "different challenges", though it's more often described as "start with this, it's the easiest".