PL's Peak: Guide to Poetry and Critique (feedback/discuss!)

Why are you here?

I'm here for the poetry guide!	45.1%	[ 594 ]
I'm here for the critiquing guide!	18.8%	[ 248 ]
I'm here because someone else pointed me here.	6.1%	[ 80 ]
I'm here for the gold. Didn't it say it had a poll?	30.0%	[ 396 ]
Total Votes:			[ 1318 ]

[iRandomChick]

this forum makes no sense and why would there be guidelines about poetry people learned poetry in the 6th grade they dont need to be taught it again from a girl in underwear or most people call you the underwear newbie. buy u some clothes and actually have some poems and poetry on here, not guidelines.

[AlambiqueCiel]

rainboworeoskittles

this forum makes no sense and why would there be guidelines about poetry people learned poetry in the 6th grade they dont need to be taught it again from a girl in underwear or most people call you the underwear newbie. buy u some clothes and actually have some poems and poetry on here, not guidelines.

Wow, your ignorance must be suffocating.

[rumirumirumirumi]

AlambiqueCiel

rainboworeoskittles

this forum makes no sense and why would there be guidelines about poetry people learned poetry in the 6th grade they dont need to be taught it again from a girl in underwear or most people call you the underwear newbie. buy u some clothes and actually have some poems and poetry on here, not guidelines.

Wow, your ignorance must be suffocating.

En-lighten us.

[XDemonic-DeviDomX]

rumirumirumirumi

AlambiqueCiel

rainboworeoskittles

this forum makes no sense and why would there be guidelines about poetry people learned poetry in the 6th grade they dont need to be taught it again from a girl in underwear or most people call you the underwear newbie. buy u some clothes and actually have some poems and poetry on here, not guidelines.

Wow, your ignorance must be suffocating.

En-lighten us.[/quote

poetry comes from the heart and mind and what you believe in you can only put constructive feed back like punctuation and spelling thats all and suggest what you like or do not like everyone has a difgferent style so to say such ignorance you would bedumb to not agree again cause poetry depends on the person and why would you call someone a noob thats not right just because she has underwear doesnt make her less than you so lets get back to what this topic is about and post poetry and share our work gawd

[rumirumirumirumi]

XDemonic-DeviDomX

rumirumirumirumi

AlambiqueCiel

rainboworeoskittles

this forum makes no sense and why would there be guidelines about poetry people learned poetry in the 6th grade they dont need to be taught it again from a girl in underwear or most people call you the underwear newbie. buy u some clothes and actually have some poems and poetry on here, not guidelines.

Wow, your ignorance must be suffocating.

En-lighten us.

poetry comes from the heart and mind and what you believe in you can only put constructive feed back like punctuation and spelling thats all and suggest what you like or do not like everyone has a difgferent style so to say such ignorance you would bedumb to not agree again cause poetry depends on the person and why would you call someone a noob thats not right just because she has underwear doesnt make her less than you so lets get back to what this topic is about and post poetry and share our work gawd

dude, that was dumb

[Probably Zero]

rumirumirumirumi

XDemonic-DeviDomX

rumirumirumirumi

AlambiqueCiel

rainboworeoskittles

this forum makes no sense and why would there be guidelines about poetry people learned poetry in the 6th grade they dont need to be taught it again from a girl in underwear or most people call you the underwear newbie. buy u some clothes and actually have some poems and poetry on here, not guidelines.

Wow, your ignorance must be suffocating.

En-lighten us.

poetry comes from the heart and mind and what you believe in you can only put constructive feed back like punctuation and spelling thats all and suggest what you like or do not like everyone has a difgferent style so to say such ignorance you would bedumb to not agree again cause poetry depends on the person and why would you call someone a noob thats not right just because she has underwear doesnt make her less than you so lets get back to what this topic is about and post poetry and share our work gawd

dude, that was dumb

What an understatement.

[xxoxoaznlilgirlnekoxxoxo]

Poetess Laureate

Capitalization and Punctuation

Capitalization and punctuation are the most basic of elements in a sentence; they tell us when it begins and ends.

Do and Don't

The vast majority of the time, standard punctuation and capitalization will work best. When you do experiment, keep in mind that most punctuation will control the flow or speed of the poem by slowing it down or pausing for a split second; use that to your advantage.

Ellipses (...) should be used sparingly at best. They do create that sense of 'trailing off', but it's not very dramatic and the abrupt pause of a period -- or in some cases the hiccup of a dash -- might work better.

Consistency is key once again; your capitalization and punctuation should be done according to the same rules throughout the piece, whatever those may be. In a piece with no punctuation except one comma, for example, that comma is going to stand out like a sore thumb -- and hopefully hitchhike to somewhere else with it. Even most professional proofreaders won't pick on you for your commas, however, as long as your usage is -- you guessed it -- consistent.

Special Topics

Punctuation means all punctuation, and we can play with it for several effects. I'm especially thinking of parentheses right now. They're excellent for setting up more layers of meaning. Parentheses make self-contained units within a phrase or even a word, and are used to set something apart from the rest. We block it off, and the reader reads the straightforward phrase and a 'hidden' second one inside.

Breaking the Rules

Removing punctuation will let the words and sentences blend into each other. This can also be great for creating double meanings or puns, but make sure it isn't at the expense of clarity.

Lack of capitalization will have the same effect, and might actually go very well in a piece already exploring the theme of freedom or boundaries.

Example

Poetess Laureate

She never leaned into its S
curve (except) with break(s)
-neck speed.

In the above, we have the plain "She never leaned into its S curve with break-neck speed" and "She never leaned into its S curve except with breaks" by the time we read with parentheses. The first tells us she doesn't take risks, the second tells us she'll stop short if she comes to something she finds dangerous -- similar but reinforcing messages.

umm well u are trying to be our teacher but u are not acting us to be a teacher of this web friend just do not be ok friend

[Vale173373]

u r so pretty

[dede barbie]

lol

[ponpon_ako]

??

[ponpon_ako]

stupid poems..cant fix this home!!