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Learn how to read, write, and feel poetry with award-winning poet Chris B. Writes, without pressure or overthinking.
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How to Channel Whimsy While Still Creating an Emotional Wave (opens the original)
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How to let a poem be funny, strange, colorful, and nostalgic while still carrying real emotional weight underneath it.🚨🎉PROGRAMMING NOTE: ALL POETRY BREAKDOWN POSTS ARE NOW FREE FOR ALL SUBSCRIBERS!🎉🚨Before We BeginWhimsy can be easy to underestimate.A funny image.A cereal mascot.A candy cigarette.A video game.A childhood book.On the surface, these things feel light.But sometimes the lightest images carry the heaviest memories.This week is about letting a poem have
Poetry Breakdown & Prompt: How to Let One Small Detail Unlock an Entire Memory (opens the original)
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How to begin with one ordinary sensation and follow it until the past and present start speaking to each other.Before We BeginSometimes memory does not arrive as a story.It arrives as a taste.A smell.A song.A color.Something small opens a door, and suddenly you are somewhere you have not been in years.This week is about following that small detail wherever it wants to take you.Hi, I’m Chris B. Writes, and this is your Poetry Breakdown &
Poetry Tip: How to Tap into Your Emotional Center (opens the original)
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Sometimes we know what we want to write about.A memory.A person.A seemingly trivial moment.A devastating loss.But knowing the subject of the poem isn’t always the same as knowing what the poem is really about.The emotional center usually lives underneath the story.That’s the part worth finding.Hi, I’m Chris B. Writes. Thank you for joining me here at Read & Write Poetry!<a class="image-link image2
Poetry Tip: How to Follow a Writing Prompt Without Forcing It (opens the original)
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Poetry Tip of The WeekWriting prompts can be incredibly helpful.They get us unstuck.They spark new ideas.They encourage us to write when the blank page feels intimidating.But sometimes we put too much pressure on ourselves to answer the prompt exactly as it’s written.That’s when writing starts to feel like homework instead of discovery.Hi, I’m Chris B. Writes. Thank you for joining me here at Read & Write Poetry!<div class="captioned-image-container
Poetry Breakdown: What Is a ‘Snow Globe Poem’ and How Do I Write One? (opens the original)
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How to create a self-contained poetic world where one object becomes the setting, metaphor, and emotional center of the poem.Before We BeginEmotion does not always need to be announced.Sometimes it is stronger when it arrives through an image.A snow globe.A plastic horse.A hand that shakes the world just slightly enough to make it move.These images allow the reader to feel confinement, fragility, and longing before the poem ever explains them.This week is about building emotion through containme
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