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Writing Poetry with Meter—Beginners’ Level and Beyond

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September 7, 2012
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. Writing Poetry with Meter---Beginners' Level and Beyond by Evan Mantyk There is very little difficulty behind writing classical poetry from a technical perspective. Classical poetry is simply poetry that is...
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  1. Brian Yapko on ‘To the Venezuelan Drug Runners Sleeping in the Sea’: A Poem by Joseph S. SalemiSeptember 7, 2025

    Joe, this is a brilliant poem which you must have written at breakneck speed -- fueled, no doubt, by the…

  2. Cynthia L Erlandson on ‘Hope’: A Petrarchan Sonnet by Jeffrey EssmannSeptember 7, 2025

    This is such a wonderful sonnet, Jeffrey. It assures the reader (at least this one) that you truly do have…

  3. Anne Butler on Take a Tour of Poet Gigi Ryan’s ‘Backyard’September 7, 2025

    Hi Gigi! I found one of your lovely poems on Jewelweed, and wanted to ask permission to use it in…

  4. Paul A. Freeman on ‘Hope’: A Petrarchan Sonnet by Jeffrey EssmannSeptember 7, 2025

    'I like that (Hope) should hum instead of sing'. I felt this line summed up the poem. As we age,…

  5. Joseph S. Salemi on ‘Hope’: A Petrarchan Sonnet by Jeffrey EssmannSeptember 7, 2025

    A very carefully crafted sonnet -- in fact, a model for perfect sonnetry. Despair is a sin, and hope is…

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