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To: WVNan

Well, admittedly I had to struggle a bit with that one.

I had a completed poem, and then realized that I had jumped tracks, starting with one rhyme scheme and ending with another. So I had to go back and rewrite most of the poem.

That changed the meanings of some of the lines, and they needed to be tweaked as well.

It’s not as hard as it looks, anyway. There are only eight rhymes in the poem. All you have to do is pick a few words that rhyme and then stuff a bunch of other words around them to prop them up.


1,213 posted on 06/14/2008 7:57:53 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (When you get to be my age, feeling pain is like noticing dust. -- So what?)
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To: NicknamedBob
Oh, but the words around them have such power to stir the imagination. I have dreamed of writing since I was a little girl. I even attempted it from time to time. The quote is true that if you read long enough you will want to write.

Are you familiar with Ted Dekker? I had not read a book of fiction for years and years before I stumbled on his "Thr3e". I am now a fan of Ted Dekker. He is so prolific I can't keep up with his books. I've read "Black", "Red" & "White" Trilogy. and a couple of others. Some of your writing reminds me of his.

1,214 posted on 06/14/2008 8:55:47 PM PDT by WVNan
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