A New Poetry Blog
Coffee Frappes & Seashells My new poetry blog has a name posted on Blogger, (link above). Posting will include my original poems as well as articles about the writing process, reviews, and other poetry news. One day I might actually attend a poetry reading to report about. It is amazing to me the amount of time it took me to figure out a title over the last few months. My goal was to have a similar one like this blog's title that combines my homeland Atlantic Ocean Boston area vibe with the Champlain Valley Vermont vibe. I haven't added Poetry to the title because the description of amateur poet blog should signal searches engines well enough for that category. There's also (eventually as the blog's search rank rises), the bonus of showing up with food and seashell searches. The goal is to stop posting first draft poems. I hope to develop as a better poet by editing, seriously editing what I write. There are so many poems on my first poetry blog that make me cringe, I feel compelled to change. I recently wrote a poem that I immediately like. That doesn't often happen. I saved it thinking this should be the first post on the new poetry blog. The day arrived. Whittled down to the easiest and most user friendly free blog host, I decide on Blogger. At the keyboard, the 5 stanza, 20 line poem became a free verse 13 line poem. I slid along the thought that what I write has to make sense. I use to write inside how words feel, represent my mind's images. Stream of consciousness writing doesn't always translate to making sense unless edited to do so. I hope I got close.  P.S. This entire post is inside the caption space of the first photograph. I don't know how that happened. See the shadow framing the post? That's an indication the post is in a caption space. I discovered it when the font color turned out brown inside of the default black. I like it so much, I changed the font color for the entire blog. |
A good title for the blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you William
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see how it goes.
I've never been able to write poetry but our youngest son was really good when he was in high school. Don't suppose he writes any now. He used to be able to recite an original poem that would rhyme (and make sense) that he made up as he went along. An enviable feat I thought!
ReplyDeleteMaryanne,
ReplyDeleteYour son has talent. I hope he continues to write poetry.
I love the title of your new poetry blog-off to check it out-is there a way to protect yourself so someone can't run off with your poems? at the end of poem perhaps add a copyright line or something
ReplyDeleteKathy,
ReplyDeleteGood point.
A copyright notice is in the footer. It wouldn't hurt to add a blurb about usage in the bottom. A notice isn't required for protection, but not everyone knows that.
I remember years ago after I retired, someone had mentioned when signing art work etc to add c with a circle around it by and then your name for a bit of protection
ReplyDeleteI think I've written two or three poems in my life that I actually felt were poems and kept. I admire your tenacity and devotion to the art.
ReplyDeleteKathy,
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In the past, I've tried Internet searches with lines from my poems. It is a good idea to do.
Thank you Graham
ReplyDeleteWriting poetry can be relaxing, a sort of mood excursion. I hope you write other poems.