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Poetry is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics.
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An extremely helpful way to process my thoughts and my grief.
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very helpful I wrote a poetic obituary about my brothers life and it made me feel loads better
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letting it all out kinda does help but when people (in our families) read it and tell me how I should and shouldn't feel thats when I get even more upset
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this is a great way to express myself
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Working on 2 fiction novels - one for her. Lots of poems in my journals.
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does help
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an extreme help
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I do find that anytime I am stuck in any emotion a poem will usually come out of it.
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I have written a few pieces myself, read others and appreciated them, but most of the time I can't get into it.
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Found my old journal cleaning out Dad's office and added a few poems to it, it was a good way to get out my anger.
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write down your feelings put it in2 poem
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I started writing poems about Timmy. I felt better each time I would write one.
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Again, this allows me to express myself constructively.
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I wrote some poems after my mom died, grappling with some issues. Here are two, there are two more in my journal. I am sorry if the first one offends ... [More] -
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beautiful. I hope you don't mind, but i'm totally going to post it in a bulliten on my myspace. It explains just exactly how I'm feeling right now. EX... [More] -
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i write poetry but have been in a gap from writing poetry for some time now [More] -
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One day, after many years, when the pain you’ve buried deep grows worse than your fear of the truth, you'll name IT in a safe place where... [More] -
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I would love to share poetry, and talk about it! :-) [More]
