Short Introduction

If you used to write more than you do today--whether it's because you don't have as much time or because you don't have as much to say--you're in the right place.

Personally, I find it very hard these days to get good advice on what to do next with the few things that move me enough to poetry, and when I do manage to get into a conversation, it is usually short and ends up being more about what the people involved think poems should be like rather than what I should do to this poem.

So instead of asking for general criticism and advice, I thought it might be more helpful in advancing the writing itself, as well as more helpful to generate ideas for writing and revision if people didn't expect criticism or advice so much as expect to see examples and ideas.

Because, at bottom, all you can really do (well) is tell someone what you would do if it were your poem. So why not open it up and let people try? Why not set this idea you're struggling with free and see what other people do with it. It might help you and it might help them and no one gets frustrated. And they'll do the same for you, by bringing their own ideas in to be set free for you to play with. All we ask is that you share and share alike: if you write something based on someone else's idea, post it back here so we can all take a look at it and see how you dealt with what was going on and so we can see what you kept and what you tossed.

If you'd like more rambling like this, see the Long Introduction.

If you'd like to see what other people've put forth, check out The Central Repository.

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