Literary Discussion

91 topics in this forum

1. A Shameless Plug for the Reference Section

   By Tinker, November 13, 2011   

   • forum resources
   • 4 replies
   • 3.6k views
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   • JoelJosol
   • December 4, 2011

2. A Fantastic Book on Meter

   By tonyv, December 19, 2009   

   • books
   • meter
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • books
     • meter
     • iambic pentameter
     • scansion
   • 7 replies
   • 4.9k views
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   • waxwings
   • May 15, 2010

3. Scaffolding

   By badger11, November 13
   • 0 replies
   • 63 views
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   • badger11
   • November 13

4. Haiku

   By badger11, September 30
   • 0 replies
   • 410 views
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   • badger11
   • September 30

5. Polysyllable

   By badger11, May 7, 2022
   • 3 replies
   • 2.3k views
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   • tonyv
   • May 7, 2022

6. The Brontes' Manuscripts (links to The Guardian articles)

   By tonyv, May 1, 2022
   • 0 replies
   • 391 views
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   • tonyv
   • May 1, 2022

7. Sonnet

   By badger11, February 12, 2022
   • 6 replies
   • 720 views
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   • badger11
   • February 15, 2022

8. Ulysses by James Joyce

   By badger11, January 17, 2021
   • 6 replies
   • 1.3k views
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   • David W. Parsley
   • August 15, 2021

9. Open to submissions

   By badger11, July 31, 2020
   • 4 replies
   • 566 views
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   • badger11
   • November 25, 2020

10. Classic Texts

    By badger11, November 1, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 414 views
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    • badger11
    • November 8, 2020

11. Play

    By eclipse, April 26, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 614 views
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    • Tinker
    • April 26, 2020

12. TS Eliots hidden love letters reveal intense, heartbreaking affair (The Guardian article)

    By tonyv, January 2, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 527 views
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    • tonyv
    • January 2, 2020

13. Do You Enjoy Your Poems?

    By tonyv, October 3, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 1k views
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    • badger11
    • November 1, 2019

14. Link to an Article about Seamus Heaney

    By tonyv, July 1, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
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    • Aleksandra
    • November 4, 2018

15. Donald Hall

    By Tinker, June 27, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 648 views
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    • tonyv
    • June 28, 2018

16. Instapoets

    By badger11, October 15, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 704 views
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    • Tinker
    • November 18, 2017

17. a/the

    By badger11, September 17, 2017
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • badger11
    • September 19, 2017

18. Maybe of interest

    By badger11, August 26, 2017
    • 3 replies
    • 639 views
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    • tonyv
    • September 10, 2017

19. Is there a poetry in architecture?

    By khashan, April 21, 2016
    • 16 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • khashan
    • January 5, 2017

20. Demoted Syllable

    By badger11, November 25, 2016
    • 3 replies
    • 699 views
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    • tonyv
    • December 3, 2016

21. Headless Iambic

    By badger11, September 22, 2016
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • badger11
    • September 23, 2016

22. Syllables

    By rhymeguy, June 27, 2016
    • 0 replies
    • 653 views
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    • rhymeguy
    • June 27, 2016

23. War poetry World War 2

    By MichaelBully, April 13, 2016   

    • war at sea
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • David W. Parsley
    • May 15, 2016

24. iambic pentameter

    By khashan, March 21, 2016
    • 6 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • khashan
    • April 7, 2016

25. A guide to numerical prosody

    By khashan, March 18, 2016   

    • numerical
    • prosody
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • numerical
      • prosody
      • Arabic
      • meters
    • 5 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • khashan
    • April 7, 2016

26. Poetry of the NOW era

    By bob, October 26, 2015   

    • Form
    • dialect
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Form
      • dialect
      • simplicity
      • style
      • Now era
    • 1 reply
    • 913 views
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    • Tinker
    • October 26, 2015

27. "So you want to be a writer ... " (Guardian article)

    By tonyv, March 14, 2014
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
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    • bob
    • September 25, 2015

28. Online magazines

    By badger11, March 14, 2013
    • 11 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • fdelano
    • January 22, 2015

29. Strange pursuit.

    By fdelano, October 26, 2014
    • 2 replies
    • 862 views
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    • fdelano
    • December 2, 2014

30. Book suggestion: George Santayana

    By dcmarti1, December 14, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 924 views
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    • dcmarti1
    • December 14, 2013

31. some research tips?

    By abstrect-christ, November 11, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 868 views
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    • abstrect-christ
    • November 11, 2013

32. The sound of a poem

    By badger11, April 26, 2013
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
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    • tonyv
    • July 22, 2013

33. For those that like cherry blossom

    By badger11, April 10, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • badger11
    • April 10, 2013

34. Arnaut Daniel

    By dcmarti1, January 15, 2013   

    • sestina
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
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    • Tinker
    • April 3, 2013

35. The Quotation Thread

    By badger11, July 11, 2011
    • 26 replies
    • 4.8k views
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    • badger11
    • April 2, 2013

36. Can anyone help me understand a phrase?

    By Tinker, March 26, 2013
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • Tinker
    • March 27, 2013

37. Memorable Lines

    By badger11, January 16, 2012
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • dcmarti1
    • January 29, 2013

38. Harold Bloom interview

    By eclipse, December 26, 2012
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • eclipse
    • December 26, 2012

39. videopoetry

    By badger11, November 24, 2012
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
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    • dr_con
    • December 10, 2012

40. Free Poetry PDFs From PoemHunter.com

    By dcmarti1, November 4, 2012
    • 0 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • dcmarti1
    • November 4, 2012

41. who is the greatest lyrical poet?

    By eclipse, June 1, 2012
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • dcmarti1
    • November 2, 2012

42. Advanced Poetry Hints

    By Larsen M. Callirhoe, October 29, 2012
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Larsen M. Callirhoe
    • October 29, 2012

43. Scarborough cemetery poetry contest

    By eclipse, September 12, 2012
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • eclipse
    • September 24, 2012

44. poetry in transit

    By eclipse, September 4, 2012
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • eclipse
    • September 4, 2012

45. Some more on iambic pentameter

    By tonyv, August 5, 2012   

    • Gerald Manley Hopkins
    • meter
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Gerald Manley Hopkins
      • meter
      • iambic pentameter
      • scansion
    • 7 replies
    • 4.1k views
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    • eclipse
    • August 21, 2012

46. Muriel Stuart Christ at Carnival

    By eclipse, July 22, 2012
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
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    • eclipse
    • July 22, 2012

47. To our members

    By tonyv, March 13, 2011
    • 8 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • Larsen M. Callirhoe
    • July 8, 2012

48. who wrote the greatest sonnets?

    By eclipse, May 24, 2012
    • 11 replies
    • 5.2k views
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    • Larsen M. Callirhoe
    • June 23, 2012

49. Syllabic form poems.

    By waxwings, February 21, 2011
    • 4 replies
    • 6.5k views
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    • tonyv
    • June 12, 2012

50. How great is Yeats?

    By eclipse, April 17, 2012
    • 13 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • eclipse
    • May 25, 2012