Your poem is too long - Places Where You Can Get Inspiration For Writing

 You know your poem is too long

If you cannot recite it

Think how long it takes to read

When you start to write it it

Is your poem far too strong

Or week and namby pamby

It should leave you with a smile

Like happy, dancing Bambi.

-ende.-

copyright Angela Lansbury written Friday 31 May.

You can amuse yourself when waiting for a bus, train or plane by writing a poem. The short forms are rhyming couplets and haikus.

A classical verse form such as a sonnet can help you restrict your rambling on and on like an endless ballad.

I have a list of poetry forms and example in my book Poetry Workbook by Angela Lansbury. Available as an ebook from Lulu.com

https://www.lulu.com/shop/angela-lansbury/poetry-workshop/ebook/product-1j9r862q.html?page=1&pageSize=4

https://www.edinburghexpert.com/blog/grave-concerns-vi-unmarked-graves-of-historical-figures-in-edinburgh#:~:text=McGonagall%20was%20buried%20in%20a,of%20his%20burial%20is%20unknown

Useful Websites

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/houses-buildings/places-with-literary-connections

https://www.swanwickwritersschool.org.uk/

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