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[sarahesque]

To make myself write, I've discovered creative writing workshops are the best thing ever (also the bane of my existence). I take them as classes at college so that if I don't do the work, I get poor grades. :P Kinda forces a person to put SOMETHING on a page.

[jumpingbeans]

@Sarah: That would be a good idea for me...except I'm not in college. :P

[sarahesque]

Heh well maybe in your community? IMO, any sort of group/friends that are pressuring you to write can be helpful. Or contests. There are tons of free writing contests on the web, you could tell yourself that you have to enter so many.

 

I'm not necessarily one to talk though, I fail at making myself write if there's not a grade attached xD

[jumpingbeans]

Yeah, but I'm lazy. Really lazy. It's work enough writing an poem/article each week for an online forum newspaper, and homework. :P

[Spritzie]

I'm one of those that can't force writing. When I've got a good idea, I can write like crazy, but if I force myself to write something, the quality isn't that great. I have to be feeling it to do it.

[sarahesque]

It's definitely something I had to learn to do. Like I said, if I wasn't getting grades on the things I was writing, I probably never would have produced them at all C: But there are quality differences between the stuff I write willingly and the stuff I write just to turn something into class.

[jumpingbeans]

Hey hey hey, I've got more poetry. :)

 

Seat 2B

By JB

The bright red rose, dropped out the door;

My love is gone, my love's no more.

I wanted her, that is for sure;

But now our story's but old lore.

 

It started off that fateful day;

I had just gone to see a play.

What play it was, I cannot say;

But only then I started to pray.

 

Pray that the girl, in Seat 2B;

Would ever come to notice me.

That lonely man, away by three;

Who looked at her so desperately.

 

But Lady Luck still gave me nought;

And her true love was what I sought.

So 'twas a plan that which I thought;

Which might just give me love - a lot.

 

During the break, I went to her;

And courageously, I stammered 'Er...

Madam, from what I concur;

I love you; can I be your Sir?'

 

Her, with her fine elegance;

She'd not yet given me a glance.

But then, she fell to a trance,

And said 'Yes' to the romance.

 

And what fine times we then created;

Once we had commenced dating.

It's like we had been fated;

The true love was long awaited.

 

But, alas, it ended badly;

Unless your happened to be Bradley.

He'd stolen her her quite gladly;

Leaving me to mope quite sadly.

 

That's my sad tale, that's my song;

Thinking that we'd get along.

It shows now that I was wrong;

I guess we did not belong...

 

But still, I wish hopefully;

That one day, don't you see;

I'd would happily be;

Reunited with the Girl

From Seat 2B

 

I think that's most of it...there's a poem that I wrote that I really like, but it's on my school account...I might have emailed it to myself, I'll go check,

[billpika_x8]

If I need to write, I write about something I know. Hence a report on video games for language arts.

[-Ryan]

I've ut squirrels into every writing assignment i've done for the past 3 years.

[Sweetdang]

Hello I liked that! And the simply-sad kind of shadow it cast, plus the fact it went back in a full circle. Very nice. :) I do take quibbles with the fact that it's a rhyming poem, though, because if it rhymes - it ALLLLLL Rhymes. as such I take up problem with this line: "Once we had commenced dating", if you would fit a "dated" in there if would flow more nicely. Also, the rhyming went a little off at times, and I wouldn't be so particular about this (because I'm not very skilled at utilizing the iambic pentameter myself)

if it didn't rhyme. Again, I just have a thing with rhymes - if you want them, then they better be PURRRRFECT.

 

Sorry haha just me. :-)

 

But that's all the issue i take up with that, other than that it was liked a story being played out! Good job! :D

 

Here's one that's rather dark:

 

Fine

by Sweetdang

 

 

You came to me

You knocked me down

Shoved my face

Straight to the ground.

I stood up

Brushed myself off

I said

"Fine."

I came to you

Stabbed you in the heart

Left you in a pool

Of your own blood

You couldn't say

Anything

At all.

 

hurhurhur don't ask.

Okay yes both of what I've posted so far aren't "proper" attempts at writing, so when I post one, would you prefer a dark one or happy one? Mine are mostly dark.

[passiflora]

Nice poems! There should be a thread here dedicated solely to poetry; I love reading/writing. ^_^

[jumpingbeans]

If someone wants to make a thread (I'm too lazy too), I'd love to put some of my poems/stories in it.

[-Ryan]

I would but I fail at poetry so I dont think it should be me...

[jumpingbeans]

I actually like most everything about English - Poetry, Short Stories, Reading...just not Non-fiction, and...my teacher.

[billpika_x8]

In other non-related news, I danced when I learned Rick Santoroum dropped out of the presidential race.

[-Ryan]

Wait he dropped out? Why? When? How?

 

I am so out of the loop...

[keiwo]

If someone wants to make a thread (I'm too lazy too), I'd love to put some of my poems/stories in it.

 

a prose/poetry thread would be amazing! it might encourage me to start writing again :-) I vote someone makes it!

 

Wait he dropped out? Why? When? How?

 

I am so out of the loop...

 

he had lost quite a few states and was also losing a lot of the tentative favour he had to Romney. he pulled out of the race about a week ago.

[passiflora]

In other non-related news, I danced when I learned Rick Santoroum dropped out of the presidential race.

I don't live in America, but I still think this is good news. :P

 

I would but I fail at poetry so I dont think it should be me...

If someone wants to make a thread (I'm too lazy too), I'd love to put some of my poems/stories in it.

a prose/poetry thread would be amazing! it might encourage me to start writing again :-) I vote someone makes it!

I made one here but hopefully others contribute to it; I usually prefer reading to writing. :*

[sarahesque]

I think there was a lot of dancing when Rick Santorum dropped out. I don't follow politics too closely, but the guy seemed to be a genuine creep.

[Tyler.]

hello. hi.

look at all you poets

apparently i'm a really good writer, but I don't see it

eh, politics, i just know that that guy was a complete idiot and, like sarahesque said, a creep

[-Ryan]

OHMYDEARSQUIRRELS. -tacklehugs Tyler- Where you been, gurl?

[jumpingbeans]

WHAT? TYLER IS HERE? OMG! WE'VE MISSED YOU, TYLER!

[Sakabato]

He tends to make occasional appearances here.

[jumpingbeans]

And then just randomly disappear. How saddening. :(

[Scoobean]

Hey everyone, I am new here and just wanted to introduce myself. I am Scott.