[mairdie]

So tell about your poetry. When did you start writing and what type do you write?

[txnativegop]

I started writing poetry in 2010.

I was in college at the time and suffering through an English literature class. I don’t read much fiction and had never read poetry.

I made a sarcastic remark about the uselessness of writing/reading poetry to her.

She immediately challenged me to try writing some poetry and then tell her it was useless. I had a big helping of crow and must admit I truly love writing poetry.

I write stream of consciousness, usually while listening to music.

My subject runs from nature,business, life in general and politics.

I do not write much blank or free verse to speak.

This poem that I posted is a form I refer to as Icosastich (or 20-line)this is a personal development and is written in pentameter (not Iambic).

I really don’t care where the syllables are stressed or whether they are stressed at all.

For me, it is about the story I am trying to tell.
I write couplets, tercets, quatrain, quintet, sestet, Sestina, Mirror Sestina, Double Sestina (Non-rhyming), Mirror Double Sestina, septets, octaves, Villanelles, Terza Rima etc.

The size and style of the poem fit the story I am trying to tell.

I do prefer the shorter (in length) poems, they are more difficult to write.

I Love A Challenge! :^)

And thank you mairdie for the interest.

FRegards,

txnativegop