Ars Poetica -Poetry Friday

Ars Poetica

This poetry form is less concerned with rhyme, or the counting of syllables, and refrains. In fact, Ars Poetica, has nothing to do with structure. Rather, it's focused on the content of the poem, because Ars Poetica is the art of writing poetry about writing poetry.

A Walk In Search of Poets

As I walked alone
Upon a Shelley Beach
Browning in the summer sun
I heard Lord Byron’s ghost
Whisper gently in my ear
Get yourself a mentor
A muse to light your fire
And to make your words explode
-A poet you admire.
You should not wait Longfellow
If you want to get your Wordsworth
Follow your chosen Plath
This very day.

Alan j Wright

This Isn’t a Real Poem

What I’m writing right now
Isn’t a real poem
It’s just me

Sitting in a café

Making it look like

I’m doing something

Quite important.

Something profound

While waiting

For my wife to arrive

Following her expedition to the shops.

I might stop now

Put an end

To these word games

And order a coffee.

Alan j Wright

Uprisings

I have a place

From where my poetry arises

A quiet, ancient place

Deep within me

Where words are born

Then drift up

Before bursting into the light

Of conscious consideration

As they spread across the page

With deliberate intent.

Alan j Wright

And then there's this little offering:

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It's Poetry Friday yet again and this week's host is Heidi Mordhorst from My Juicy Little Universe. Heidi has a poetry feast in store for visitors this week. Such a rich offering...

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