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Do certain words tend to reappear in your poems? Flipping through my stuff, I've noticed several: whiskey, weep, lion, spider, flies, silver, child...probably more that have slipped my mind at the moment. What words, if any, do you find yourself repeating?


Agnes

[quote="WordSith"]Where do you all get your inspiration for poems? I have trouble coming up with topics but when I'm given one I can usually write something. It may not be good, but you know, for practice. I want the inspiration to come from inside though, like bubbling up as something I w...

[quote="WordSith"]Agnes, I just cup and pasted your "hello hello hello" from above to see what it looked like in the preview, didn't change a thing. Result above. :: scratching head ::: Kim[/quote] Huh? Didn't change? Your "Hello/Hello/Hello" doesn't have the quote mark...

[quote="Nate"]Agnes, The only other thing I've seen that you can do is {color=efefef} a series of periods, however many you need{/color}, except you close "color=efefef" and "/color" in []. If done correctly, it should look [color=efefef]...................................

Okay, I admit it. When it comes to computer stuff, I'm retarded. :oops: Can anyone tell me how to post a shaped poem so that it doesn't lose its shape? It looks okay when I paste it into this box thingy...then when I preview it, all the lines are sucking the left margin. Woe, woe, woe is me. :cry: A...

By the way, Kimmy...

Did you see our avatars side by side? If those aren't twins, they're at least sisters. Yeeheehee.


Agnes

[quote="WordSith"]Hi Agnes! Glad you decided to join. 8) I didn't realize you'd put the pen down that long. Does this mean I have dragged you out of hibernation? hehe If so, good for me! Nathan, I think I am done with recommendations. I have only two poetic friends from years gone by - and...

[quote="Nate"]Boy, Kim is on a roll. If we were a bank, she'd be rewarded with all sorts of bonuses for her recommendations (sorry, Kim, this isn't a bank )... Agnes, it's good to have you with us! Welcome to Zeugma! We look forward to reading your work and benefiting from your contributio...

I have written several pantoums. Here's one of my favorites. Ode To My Girlfriend's Father I'm terrified, I said. Shadowed ghosts of sound roam and haunt my head. I guard sacred ground. Shadowed ghosts of sound, like whiskey-scented whispers of violence, I guard. Sacred ground lies under the weight ...

Hello, everyone. Kim (Wordsith) invited me. I haven't written any poetry in 5 years, so I'm feeling more than a bit rusty. With a little luck, I'll loosen up sooner rather than later. A bit of background on me: I was born in Michigan. I've lived Arizona for 13 years now, I guess. I'll be 45 this mon...