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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Poetry</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Comment on The Power of Poetry - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/3424/the-power-of-poetry-_2d00_-video?CommentId=4f9f6dca-9ebf-4102-b96a-c625581d41a9</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:4f9f6dca-9ebf-4102-b96a-c625581d41a9</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:Why is poetry therapeutic? Hi Inge, I believe poetry is therapeutic because it helps me cope with hydrocephalus.</description></item><item><title>Comment on The Appeal and Versatility of Poetry - podcast</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/5824/the-appeal-and-versatility-of-poetry-_2d00_-podcast?CommentId=d8115013-510f-428c-a8e0-283d6795b48e</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 02:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:d8115013-510f-428c-a8e0-283d6795b48e</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:What do you love writing poetry? Hi Callie, I like how you wrote about the soft white clouds because it shows you use your imagination. Furthermore, I love writing poetry because it allows me to be heard.</description></item><item><title>Comment on The Power of Poetry - podcast</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/3423/the-power-of-poetry-_2d00_-podcast?CommentId=54ca11cc-0003-4b26-a071-65a3e67cdc4d</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:54ca11cc-0003-4b26-a071-65a3e67cdc4d</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:What different emotions can you explain? Hi Vera.</description></item><item><title>Comment on The Appeal and Versatility of Poetry - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/5825/the-appeal-and-versatility-of-poetry-_2d00_-video?CommentId=d1067fb7-5df0-44e3-abd4-f4d15abed3d9</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:d1067fb7-5df0-44e3-abd4-f4d15abed3d9</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:Did you start a poetry collection? Hi Callie, I love writing poetry. I&amp;#39;d walk to the D.W. Park in Brockton to sit down near the cold water and write poetry. I started up my Poetry Agency called IIA.</description></item><item><title>Comment on Tips For Writing Poetry That Editors Will Want to Publish - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/4931/tips-for-writing-poetry-that-editors-will-want-to-publish---video?CommentId=9258cf5f-db7d-48ef-92ff-35ffb873eb8e</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:9258cf5f-db7d-48ef-92ff-35ffb873eb8e</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>Editors love funny poetry that can be serious like comedians such as Martin Lawrence. However, I wrote about Christmas and 2 for Thanksgiving. I see 2 held at the Triangular Community Church for Christmas and Thanksgiving while the other Thanksgiving Time was held at Tracy&amp;#39;s (Old Friend) home as the last for a cookout at the University Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, NC.</description></item><item><title>Comment on Advice for Assembling a Poetry Collection - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/4463/advice-for-assembling-a-poetry-collection-_2d00_-video?CommentId=71337b1e-4d84-4a25-ae3b-26fb23b93899</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:71337b1e-4d84-4a25-ae3b-26fb23b93899</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>Hi Linnea, I&amp;#39;m organizing Epic Poems like how crime needs to be in Detroit where you had to have lived in the suburbs away from the danger at the heart of the city seeing how your a medical doctor. Perhaps, it uses more help as construction workers building a clean labatory for more work productivity sifting through unuseful data to find useful data in the midst of poverty after it&amp;#39;s fully furnished helping to provide jobs. Meanwhile, I use my Travel Research Specialist skills to identify the more useful poems then making some adjustments. Albeit, I use Free Headline Wizard to help me create headlines that has to state a benefit being useful. Our best ideas go 1st based on how the story starts.</description></item><item><title>Comment on Using Music to Exult Poetry - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/3367/using-music-to-exult-poetry---video?CommentId=0bbd35da-1658-402d-9d7f-2f9737327b56</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:0bbd35da-1658-402d-9d7f-2f9737327b56</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:What kind of music do you love listening to? Hi Samia! My fruit of the spirit is Longsuffering. Furthermore, I&amp;#39;m IIA. Moreover, I love writing poetry while looking at tall trees because it&amp;#39;s positive with quietness helping us to think clear. I prefer blue like writing Epic Poems to the blue ocean. Regardless, I believe a &amp;quot;happy song&amp;quot; can&amp;#39;t produce a &amp;quot;happy poem&amp;quot; cause the fruit of the spirit of love is left out. We need to add it with our love actions in our daily Christian Lifestyle for true happiness in order to create a happy poem.</description></item><item><title>Comment on The Key to Writing Successful Poetry - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/4612/the-key-to-writing-successful-poetry---video?CommentId=1d70d414-81af-4e95-9aa1-863a25e93c26</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 02:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:1d70d414-81af-4e95-9aa1-863a25e93c26</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:What&amp;#39;s challenging about your trip as a Godly poet and song writer? We spark our readers imagination while setting off the emotions like love, longsuffering, joy, peace, truth, trust, forgiveness that The Word Jesus Christ explaining our unique actions behind it holding power. Our characters have to need love and want something even if it&amp;#39;s a glass of warm water or I want to engage the reader into the story so they can continue to be captivated with what is going on in each chapter. We know our ideas like fiction stories comes from the voice of Jesus Christ who&amp;#39;s power goes beyond imagination working together.</description></item><item><title>Comment on The Key to Writing Successful Poetry - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/4612/the-key-to-writing-successful-poetry---video?CommentId=48ae5449-5a14-4436-964e-f589a34e6aa7</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 02:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:48ae5449-5a14-4436-964e-f589a34e6aa7</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:What kind of poems do you write? Hi Charity. You&amp;#39;re the Business Owner of Siqueria Travel. I sit as an IIA Agent Of IIA which stands for Internal Intelligence Agency. It shows as my own Travel Agency within my Travel Actions. You give care to your nephew and that&amp;#39;s very Godly and we write poetry. But Still, I write Epic Poems to be heard.</description></item><item><title>Comment on What Draws You To Poetry? - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/1697/what-draws-you-to-poetry---video?CommentId=d7e801ab-f91d-4c7b-9c95-b4b9bfbcc471</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:d7e801ab-f91d-4c7b-9c95-b4b9bfbcc471</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:Do you want to join my Travel Circle the gave me new insights writing poetry? Poetry - It&amp;#39;s like adjusting the exact heavenly words together as a painter, so the public sees our full picture. I love writing it. We know I wrote 56 Epic Poems looking to have IIA published by Xilibris.</description></item><item><title>Comment on Advice for Assembling a Poetry Collection - podcast</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/4462/advice-for-assembling-a-poetry-collection-_2d00_-podcast?CommentId=502655b5-b297-4603-a0f0-9e6bc0041caf</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:502655b5-b297-4603-a0f0-9e6bc0041caf</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>:What&amp;#39;s your poetry collection called? We&amp;#39;re writing our 1st upcoming poetry collection. Furthermore, I called it IIA. We write poetry to cope with depression and hydrocephalus while we need to set off an emotion like Truth.</description></item><item><title>Comment on The Differences Between Spoken Word Poetry and Poetry on the Page</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/7146/the-differences-between-spoken-word-poetry-and-poetry-on-the-page?CommentId=7f49ce13-011b-41d3-a797-c215acd193a5</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:7f49ce13-011b-41d3-a797-c215acd193a5</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>Melody Dean Dimick The Author and Florida Writers Foundation President spoke about how Mark Smith The Construction Worker wanted to perform Spoken Word or Stage Poetry. Furthermore, I wanted to be a Scientist with a love for writing poetry. I&amp;#39;m sitting as a Page Poet because I&amp;#39;m writing and typing poems in my 5 Subject Notebook while their stocked in my profile on Poetry Nation.</description></item><item><title>Comment on Advice for Aspiring Poets on Improving Their Craft and Getting Published</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/6875/advice-for-aspiring-poets-on-improving-their-craft-and-getting-published?CommentId=40dfc573-46ff-44b0-9606-517da962460c</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:40dfc573-46ff-44b0-9606-517da962460c</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>Keith Ogorek I heard of Gotham Writer&amp;#39;s from Poets &amp;amp; Writer&amp;#39;s Magazine. Perhaps, I&amp;#39;m interested in college anymore cause it slows me down overcoming a secondary homeless situation. Thank You.</description></item><item><title>Comment on Advice for Aspiring Poets on Improving Their Craft and Getting Published</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/6875/advice-for-aspiring-poets-on-improving-their-craft-and-getting-published?CommentId=afc2ee22-a073-4ba9-bde0-7154d4f4624a</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:afc2ee22-a073-4ba9-bde0-7154d4f4624a</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>Vera Gibson I&amp;#39;m Earl Edmonds The Epic Poet Of IIA. Possibly, you see where it says, &amp;quot;Enter to Reply.&amp;quot; Well, if you see a blue check mark, you click making it go away. Lastly, you click &amp;quot;Reply.&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>Comment on Advice for Aspiring Poets on Improving Their Craft and Getting Published</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/6875/advice-for-aspiring-poets-on-improving-their-craft-and-getting-published?CommentId=34cea101-f594-4d9a-9340-547aa2f4d622</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:34cea101-f594-4d9a-9340-547aa2f4d622</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>Hi Vera. We&amp;#39;re taught to hear music like jazz, when writing poetry for stronger emotion that words can&amp;#39;t explain. But Still, I&amp;#39;m hearing Afformations. &amp;quot;When looking for an open mic, you can consider things like the type of performance, the venue, and any rules or guidelines: Type of performance Open mics can focus on different types of performance arts, such as comedy, music, poetry, or spoken word. Some open mics may be acoustic-only, jam sessions, or songwriter events. You can also consider whether the open mic is for a specific type of performer, like comedians, poets, or musicians. Venue You can research venues online or ask other performers for recommendations. You can also visit an open mic before you perform to get a feel for the venue&amp;#39;s acoustics and the crowd. Rules and guidelines Some open mics may have rules about age restrictions or the type of material that&amp;#39;s allowed. You can also ask about equipment availability and how long each performer is given for their set.&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>Comment on Advice for Aspiring Poets on Improving Their Craft and Getting Published</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/6875/advice-for-aspiring-poets-on-improving-their-craft-and-getting-published?CommentId=15ac6946-6572-43f0-bac8-f45afd2bf945</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 15:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:15ac6946-6572-43f0-bac8-f45afd2bf945</guid><dc:creator>Keith Ogorek</dc:creator><description>I am not aware of any online poetry courses, but community colleges are a great place to look if there are any in your area.</description></item><item><title>Comment on Advice for Aspiring Poets on Improving Their Craft and Getting Published</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/6875/advice-for-aspiring-poets-on-improving-their-craft-and-getting-published?CommentId=df31650b-ff5c-4946-9c54-e367a33e4241</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:df31650b-ff5c-4946-9c54-e367a33e4241</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>Keith Ogorek I read about How To Organize A Book Of Poetry. Furthermore, It&amp;#39;s done in different ways as you explained. For an example, I decide on the topic of Travel because it&amp;#39;s what I took alot of action when I traveled to 28 Environments in a secondary Homeless situation from 2014 until hopefully 2024. I use Travel and Time to organize my Epic Poems. I&amp;#39;m organizing words to my travel actions then the actual Epic Poems. :Are there any free poetry courses? :Why do I give 1 part of a huge advice at the end of all my poems?</description></item><item><title>Comment on Genre Basics: Poetry - article</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/6422/genre-basics-poetry---article?CommentId=7a64dda4-f9ea-4774-b0e4-5eb8a9520b17</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:7a64dda4-f9ea-4774-b0e4-5eb8a9520b17</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>I read about what poetry is. It&amp;#39;s when happy linked to IIA and that connected with truth. Furthermore, we follow different Poetic Formulas like and using Poetic Tools. Moreover, I learned that my Sub Genre is Epic. Perhaps, I use rhythm and Godly words as my Poetic Tools. &amp;quot;I like the rhythm of your poem&amp;quot; Sarah Steward said.</description></item><item><title>Comment on The Power of Poetry - video</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/3424/the-power-of-poetry-_2d00_-video?CommentId=4e6cbdec-944a-4228-9a13-ac9d94e31767</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 03:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:4e6cbdec-944a-4228-9a13-ac9d94e31767</guid><dc:creator>Earl Edmonds</dc:creator><description>Stephene Van Wyk I believe poetry definitely has meaning instead of just a rhyme scheme which would make it rap. We forget that it has to have powerful ideas whether we have a ryhme scheme or not. For an example, I think one powerful idea the world never seen, heard or done is IIA. I attended a workshop on Poetry Nation and came across this statement. &amp;quot; Wrong , W. D. Snodgrass imparts, “We cannot honestly discuss or represent our lives, any more than our poems, without using ideational language.”</description></item><item><title>Wiki Page: Finding a Common Thread When Making a Collection of Short Work and Poetry</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/w/styles/8266/finding-a-common-thread-when-making-a-collection-of-short-work-and-poetry</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 19:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:773929a2-df73-4ed3-9c7e-fe9fadaa5150</guid><dc:creator>Donna Arthur Downs</dc:creator><description>Creating a collection of your short work, whether fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, can be a good publishing strategy when you have many works in your portfolio. Professor and author Donna Arthur Downs has a large portfolio of personal essays and poetry, and has found success when finding common themes or topics and submitting her work as chapbooks or collections. She recommends writers research the publishing opportunities that are out there for collections. You can find publishers looking for submissions, and you can also publish on your own. Downs says finding a common thread or theme when putting a chapbook of poetry together is necessary to make the collection feel cohesive. You can look at what&amp;#39;s trending in the industry as far as themes, but you will need to be prepared to publish quickly if writing to trend, because things evolve quickly. www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../FindingaCommonThreadWhenMakingaCollectionofShortWorkandPoetry.mp4</description><category domain="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/tags/fiction">fiction</category><category domain="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/tags/Poetry">Poetry</category><category domain="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/tags/Nonfiction">Nonfiction</category><category domain="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/tags/Subscriber">Subscriber</category><category domain="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/poetry/tags/video">video</category></item></channel></rss>