Poetry Tips Articles

Morning is an important time of day for many reasons, not least of which is that it’s where we tend to begin. At the start of a new day, we take stock of what happened yesterday, what is happening now, and what may happen in the near future. All of this typically...

Poorly crafted fiction isn’t the only thing that can cause readers to squint in disbelief. Samuel Taylor Coleridge described suspension of disbelief as “poetic faith”—giving over to the author’s vision of the world long enough to appreciate the work.In reading...

Perhaps you’ve seen images online of a page that looks like a ruthless editor scribbled out all the words with a black marker except a select few. But it’s actually not a heavily edited manuscript or government property that mustn’t be leaked to the public. It’s...

When I sit down to undertake the strangeness of writing poetry, I like to contemplate metaphors that enhance my understanding of the task. For instance, writing is like breaking frozen ground with a shovel (which this New...