Tag: writing


  • Writing Poetry in Forms

    Writing Poetry in Forms

    For most of my writing life, my poetry has been free verse. It seems to go well with my style, which often has a conversational tone. In my poetry workshop class in college, I’d had to try some forms, including the obligatory sestina. It wasn’t my favorite experience. More recently, I’ve tried a couple of…

  • Writing Poetry: Purging vs Crafting

    Writing poetry can serve many purposes. I group them into two main categories: purging and crafting. Both are useful and worthwhile. Sometimes when I meet new people, it comes up in conversation that I write poetry. The odds are good that the other person will say “I’ve written some poems” or “I wrote some poetry…