(01-24-2016, 11:18 AM)Brujo Wrote:  Greetings,
My name is Nick.  I'm from Baltimore and look forward to posting and critiquing some poems.  I am, self-admittedly, a novice poet.  I am more of a musician and songwriter inspired by the likes of Paul Simon and Bob Dylan.  I am hoping to add depth to my lyrics by working on poetic technique!  I started out writing poetry in high school creative writing and took an introductory poetry course in college.  I found it pretty fun to workshop ideas and also humbling too lol.  

Currently, I've been reading Yeats, Seamus Heaney and Ted Kooser.  See you on the forum!
-Nick

Heaney and Kooser, you've got your job set out for you!
And songwriters...  they are truly the poets of our time.
(Musicians, of course, possess no time but their own.)

So what can I do but welcome you,
Ray

Hello!

My name is Malte, I'm a film student from Germany looking for English poetry for a film project. I hope to find somebody who would like to help us out.

(01-25-2016, 03:45 AM)German_Filmguy Wrote:  Hello!

My name is Malte, I'm a film student from Germany looking for English poetry for a film project. I hope to find somebody who would like to help us out.

Sure, why not.
What kind of English poetry are you looking for?
Do you need some written specifically for your film?
Ray

Hi there! I'm Katie and I've been writing since I was about 9. I don't pay attention to structure, so I'm hoping to sharpen my critiquing skills, and also get some feedback on my own work. I tend to go through 'dry' periods where I don't write anything at all and times where it's all I can do. My muse is fairly inconsistent (but in all fairness, I can be too). I've been telling myself for years that I'm going to submit my work for publication, but somehow never get around to it. I'm not sure if I'm just lazy, or unsure of myself.

I look forward to getting to know all of you better.

Katie K

Hiya Katie, thanks for getting into the spirit of workshopping so well. As for structure, it might seem irrelevant but I have never known a poet who hasn't found that learning form, meter and all those nasty rules improves their free verse immensely. Discipline is not a dirty word

Welcome to the Pig Pen.

Thanks for the warm welcome, Leanne! I know you're right, and I know that focusing my fleeting attention on all of those things can only serve to improve my craft.

KK

(01-29-2016, 01:27 AM)Leanne Wrote:  Hiya Katie, thanks for getting into the spirit of workshopping so well.  As for structure, it might seem irrelevant but I have never known a poet who hasn't found that learning form, meter and all those nasty rules improves their free verse immensely.  Discipline is not a dirty word

Welcome to the Pig Pen.

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(01-29-2016, 01:03 AM)kkieran Wrote:  Hi there! I'm Katie and I've been writing since I was about 9. I don't pay attention to structure, so I'm hoping to sharpen my critiquing skills, and also get some feedback on my own work. I tend to go through 'dry' periods where I don't write anything at all and times where it's all I can do. My muse is fairly inconsistent (but in all fairness, I can be too). I've been telling myself for years that I'm going to submit my work for publication, but somehow never get around to it. I'm not sure if I'm just lazy, or unsure of myself.

I look forward to getting to know all of you better.

Katie K

Hi KK
I suspect you decided to surround yourself in poetry around age 9 rather than hear anyone ever
call you KK again. (I have a cousin who will throw anything to hand when called this.)

Inconsistency is absolutely essential to writing poetry. If you're inconsistent, most of your poems
will be bad; if you're consistent, they will all be bad.

Pay attention to Leanne, she knows what she's talking about. (Excepting clothes. Rubber dress? Really?)

Welcome,
Ray


                She always wears something like this to her readings:
               

Hello Everyone, I am the admin for Poetry Bribe and always looking for new opportunities to read and comment on poetry. I look forward to reading some excellent work.

(01-29-2016, 12:36 PM)serge305 Wrote:  Hello Everyone, I am the admin for Poetry Bribe and always looking for new opportunities to read and comment on poetry. I look forward to reading some excellent work.

Quote from your site:
"The more you use the site, the more your chances increase to win the prize. Now I bet that is the first time you have ever heard that.
Like I said, we wanted to make the winning easy and as long as you are on the site." <- garbled syntax

Now I, personally, would let you stay if you provide some decent critiques; even given that your site
offers "prizes" and less than objective "contests". If I'd bothered to register and found you charged $$
for entering the contests, then I'd delete you right now.

Obviously, I'm a kind soul.

Some of the other mods here will destroy you and desecrate your grave.

Just sayin'
Ray

Now Ray, that's not fair.  That site says it's "poetry evolved", and it does look as if it's evolved into more flippant cliches than I've seen in most places so the claim is not unreasonable.  Perhaps this gentleman comes seeking a group of poets that don't actually mind whether or not one lives in a city and has many piercings, but can actually string a set of words together that haven't been ripped off tumblr.

Do you, Serge?  I mean, so far you've been on the site long enough to drop the name of your site and gather a few extra clicks, so good for you.  Forgive our skepticism, but we have a strict rule against spamming.  We don't mind if someone lets us know about their site, puts it in their signature or even starts a thread about it so long as they're participating in other areas of the site and it's obvious that advertising isn't their prime objective.  Please show us that we're wrong to jump to such a conclusion about you.

Hello Everyone! I'm a complete newbie here to throw my creative self to the wolves in hopes of improvement. I am an avid reader and with 2 young kids, poetry has become my go to for finding some respite in the few and far between moments of quiet....very few...and very far between. The threads on technical skills and construction are what drew me here, as these are definitely not my strengths. From the looks of it, I've come to the right place! I'm hoping to develop my own writing and am eager to get some real feedback, although I have to say that my 4 year old has given all 5 star reviews thus far. Her only critiques were to add something in there about purple and talk more frequently of pancakes. Other than that, I'm just hoping not to embarrass myself too thoroughly in my writing or my feedback.

Hi, nikkisto, welcome to the Pen. Thank you for the critiques you've given already, they are just fine. All we ask is for a specific, honest account of your read, you'll receive the same.

The forms in Poetry Practice are fun to learn and you'll get plenty of help there. And the site can always use a little more purple and pancakes, looking forward to it. We have a pancake poem or two around here, I'm off to look for them.

Hope you enjoy the site.

Here's one.

Pancakes in the Stream

(02-05-2016, 02:31 AM)ellajam Wrote:  Hi, nikkisto, welcome to the Pen. Thank you for the critiques you've given already, they are just fine. All we ask is for a specific, honest account of your read, you'll receive the same.

The forms in Poetry Practice are fun to learn and you'll get plenty of help there. And the site can always use a little more purple and pancakes, looking forward to it. We have a pancake poem or two around here, I'm off to look for them.

Hope you enjoy the site.

Here's one.

Pancakes in the Stream

Pancakes in the Stream--fantastic title. Thank you for the welcome and reassurance! I'll definitely be taking a look at the Poetry Practice link, and thinking extensively of rhymes for purple...

(02-05-2016, 08:25 AM)nikkisto Wrote:  

(02-05-2016, 02:31 AM)ellajam Wrote:  Hi, nikkisto, welcome to the Pen. Thank you for the critiques you've given already, they are just fine. All we ask is for a specific, honest account of your read, you'll receive the same.

The forms in Poetry Practice are fun to learn and you'll get plenty of help there. And the site can always use a little more purple and pancakes, looking forward to it. We have a pancake poem or two around here, I'm off to look for them.

Hope you enjoy the site.

Here's one.

Pancakes in the Stream

Pancakes in the Stream--fantastic title. Thank you for the welcome and reassurance! I'll definitely be taking a look at the Poetry Practice link, and thinking extensively of rhymes for purple...

        Blueberry pancakes
        (they cook up purple)
        go really well
        with maple syruple.

Read your critiques. Quite articulate.
Welcome,
Ray

(01-29-2016, 09:46 AM)rayheinrich Wrote:  Hi KK
I suspect you decided to surround yourself in poetry around age 9 rather than hear anyone ever
call you KK again. (I have a cousin who will throw anything to hand when called this.)

Whats wrong with KK?

(02-05-2016, 06:26 PM)Weeded Wrote:  

(01-29-2016, 09:46 AM)rayheinrich Wrote:  Hi KK
I suspect you decided to surround yourself in poetry around age 9 rather than hear anyone ever
call you KK again. (I have a cousin who will throw anything to hand when called this.)

Whats wrong with KK?

I'm not sure. But since I have a cousin and an ex-girlfriend who hate being called that,
I was taking a gamble that the K.K. would as well. I'm sure that there are many KK's who love it.

Hi stubbled here i like to contemplate things and post about them

(02-08-2016, 09:33 AM)advocaite Wrote:  Hi stubbled here i like to contemplate things and post about them

Hi, , welcome to the Pen. I think you'll find some company on the contemplation thing, and the posting thing too. Hope you enjoy the site.

(02-08-2016, 09:33 AM)advocaite Wrote:  Hi stubbled here i like to contemplate things and post about them

And a fine welcome to you.
You've already demonstrated a willingness to learn that I find exceptional.
Contemplation is the heart of writing; you're the type of person we need.
Ray

Hello . This is my introduction, goodbye.