I Wrote a Poem: Now What?
As a young writer, I have found it difficult to find places to submit my writing. For writers my age (I am twelve and my first poems were published when I was eight), there is...
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As a young writer, I have found it difficult to find places to submit my writing. For writers my age (I am twelve and my first poems were published when I was eight), there is a limited number of options. However, buried amid the many publications that only consider writing by adults, there are a few well-known magazines, journals, and platforms that publish and challenge young people, though ever...
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Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’d like to talk about another literary technique that is often used in poetry – extended metaphor.
Metaphor is a common technique in poetry, as well as in prose. It is a comparison between two things used to make a point or describe something bigger.
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Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. In this episode, I’m going to do something different from what I normally do – instead of talking about a particular poem or poet, I’m going to be talking about a writing technique called ekphrasis.
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Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be talking about a poem by David Shapiro, titled, “Falling Upwards.”
David Shapiro was born on January 2, 1947, in Newark, New Jersey. His family was very big on music – they often performed string quartets together.
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