Poetry Genius
<Tom Kane>Poetry Genius is a weekly newsletter celebrating the craft, passion, and community around poetry. Curated by Tom Vance Kane, an experienced poet and educator,
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 3558 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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THE VELVET ROPE PROBLEM: Why Poetry's Self-Appointed Bouncers Are Killing the Club
Picture the scene. You mention, at some literary gathering, that you’ve been reading Mary Oliver and you find her work genuinely moving. The person across from you doesn’t say anything immediately. They just do a slow blink. The kind of bli...
The Line That Loses Its Nerve
You’ve done it. You’ve written a line that actually says the thing - the uncomfortable, specific, true thing. And then, three words later, you softened it. You explained it. You walked it back.
That retreat is one of the most common craft...
IMAGE MAGIC: MAKE READERS GASP WITH UNEXPECTED (BUT PERFECT!) CONNECTIONS
How to create imagery that surprises without being random
Here’s what happens when most poets try to write imagery: they describe exactly what they see, exactly as they see it. The sunset is orange and beautiful. The rain is wet and sad. T...
Making Your Free Verse Sing (Without Rhyme)
Let’s talk about this problem that haunts the dreams of many a free verse poet.
You’ve ditched the da-DUM da-DUM of iambic pentameter, you’ve waved goodbye to AABB rhyme schemes, and you’re feeling… well, a bit flat. Your poems have Great...
Notes from the Maelstrom
A competition asked for poems about mental health.
Hundreds of entries, presumably, covering depression, anxiety, grief and loss in all the expected ways. Mine won. I’m going to tell you exactly why I think it did, because the answer is a...
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