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Poetry Is Not My Cup Of Cocoa

by Christopher Roy Denton

Rated: 18+ · Book · Biographical · #2113798

A journal I probably won't complete on a regular basis about my journey through writing.

I'm currently using this blog mainly for novel writing challenges, like:

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October Novel Prep Challenge

(13+)
A month-long novel-planning challenge with prizes galore.
#1474311 by Brandiwyn🎶

But, I originally set up this blog essentially only because I was pestered into joining this particular poetic challenge:

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Pursue the Horizon - Open for Signups

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30-Day Poetry Blogging Challenge - Begins March 1
#2076114 by Cinn

And then I was coerced into joining this one too!

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Dew Drop Inn

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April poem-a-day poetry spot!
#1370829 by Katya the Poet

Since apparently it's the "done thing", here are some of my spurious and random thoughts about the craft of writing. Just don't expect any epiphanies to jump off the screen atcha!

My weird but wonderful blogging adventure began with my first ever blog here: "Invalid Entry"

If you're curious, the image I used for the blog is Saint George and the Dragon painted by Paolo Uccello around 1470, which inspired UA Fanthorpe's wonderful poem Not My Best Side.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon_(Uccello)

http://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/uccello.html

Plugged in: "Contests & Activities Newsletter (March 29, 2017)"

If you're interested in novel writing, you might want to check out this: "2017 Prep Calendar"

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Mar 23, 2019 at 8:04pm
In response to "Invalid Entry"

Utterly devoid of the persona he is speaking about. Lofty it may be but my poem about a friend of mine wearing her yak-trax is more personal and moving. These poems lack any attempt to capture a person's uniqueness.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Mar 23, 2019 at 7:56pm
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I do like it but... still prefer some poems from another physician, William Carlos Williams.

Rhyssa

Mar 20, 2019 at 2:10pm
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sigh.

I wish politics wouldn't try to play with poetry--it leads to . . . issues in quality.

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Christopher Roy Denton

Mar 18, 2019 at 2:53am
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Thank you. That's a plausible reason why he wrote it that way.

Christopher Roy Denton

Mar 16, 2019 at 2:24pm
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I think you are right about the second deviation. That's what I assumed, too. I'm not convinced about the first one, though. Surely he could have chosen another word instead of crematorium.

Rhyssa

Mar 16, 2019 at 2:20pm
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I think for the first--crematorium is just a difficult word to include in a traditionally metered verse. I wouldn't have tried it and I think it feels off here. I don't know what I'd do instead--what word to substitute--but there has to be a different phrase that would work rhythmically in a way that this one doesn't--it's because it's so long with a basic /-/-- a rhythm that trails off into unstressed syllables in the end.

The second is a turn--the last two lines get into religion and doubt in a way the rest of the poem doesn't support, broken from the rest of the poem, which is dealing more with how people respond to death and loss. At least, that's how I'd read it.

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Satuawany

Mar 15, 2019 at 11:42pm
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Anne Frank's diary made a huge impression on me when I was young. Thank you for this.

Rhyssa

Mar 14, 2019 at 2:19pm
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We're meaner than men, too.

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Christopher Roy Denton

Mar 13, 2019 at 2:58am
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Clearly, your daughter is a prodigy.

Elle

Mar 13, 2019 at 2:48am
In response to "Invalid Entry"

Hmm, interesting. I would have expected you and I to pronounce it similarly, since we both speak UK English.

Hilariously, I just asked my daughter what the opposite of morning was and she replied "ev-en-ing" with three syllables.

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