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Nurturing a Poem

by Patty Zion

 

See Patty's other book

Child at Heart

  Patty Zion is the author of Child at Heart:  Poems for Your Inner Child.  She and her husband live in the northern Appalachian mountains of western Pennsylvania, where she enjoys a small-town life.  Patty is a freelance editor and writer; she serves as Staff Editor for TJMF Publishing. You may contact Patty at  pattyspoems@hotmail.com

Sound and sense come together in poetry, and the intersection leads into a journey of mind and emotions.  These two undeniable aspects of the art form cannot exist without each other.  A poet uses sound to enhance the exact message expressed in the poem’s imagery.  page 111 Nurturing a Poem

 

PATTY'S POEM PICKS

 

Sunbath of Cleansing by Leadaches

Nightscape by wordwrench 

Mummy by mapoirier

Painful Observation by Laura

Snow by Linda

Ode to Ears by leadaches

Revolution by cjc

 I Have Your Wife on the Line By cjc

Ode to Grandchildren by Valerie Babbitt

Rivers by Marion A. Poirier

Yesterday by Larry Stokes

 Poetry by Ron Wallace

Prince of the Forest by Ken Nye 

Bilbo's Dreams (The Hobbit) by MJ Harris

Robin My Hood By Leadaches

Past the Word Count  By nwatte

The Orderlies by the Ron Wallace

A Child's Eye  by LL Stokes

Crazy - by wen

Meaningless by ellenb

In Love  by mellissa 1981

  OB.com, by leadaches

  Forget Me Not  by Jennysmom

 Into Darkness by wordwrench

 First Light by mapoirier

Spider Woman by shanna

 Believing in Leather by Ron Wallace

Patty's Pick - Worn by nwatte

A Soldier's Life by saki

Truth With Consequences by laura

Bear Rubbers by leadaches

Porcelain by shanna

Don't Wake Me by LLStokes

Smothered Heart by milveggie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Patty's Articles

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Part Three of the Series, Poetic Heroes  Diversify the Classics

Poetic Heroes, Part Two Rhythm, Rhyme, Redo By Patty Zion

Poetic Echoes, Part One  Who’s Your Hero?

 

 

Common Errors of Beginning Poets, 

Common Errors of Beginning Poets Trite Writes and Wrongs

The Thing is

 

Get Busy with Active Verbs  Movement in Poetry

 Movement in Poetry, Now a Noun, Then a Verb

 Movement in Poetry, Jammin’ the Lines

Movement in Poetry,  One and-a Two and-a

Movement in Poetry  Motion through Emotion

 

 

Pieces of a Poem,  The Opener  By Patty Zion, Staff Editor

Pieces of a Poem  - The Middle by Patty Zion

Pieces of a Poem - The Ending

Pieces of a Poem,  The Title  

Pieces of a Poem - The Reader

 

Your Own Devices, Your Own Poem, Part One  As I Said Before

Your Own Devices, Your Own Poem, Part Two

Your Own Devices, Your Own Poem, Part Three  Euphony

Your Own Devices, Your Own Poem, Part Four  Cacophony

Your Own Devices, Your Own Poem, Part Five  Allusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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