hello

[Ayva Trance]

Hello, obviously I'm new. I'm ready to improve. (lol) Anyways, I've been writing poetry for a while now for a couple of years so I just decided to join a community. Bye

[MEHope]

Welcome,

Don't forget to go through all the forums to see what they're about, don't forget that for each poem you post you owe three critiques and have fun!

My suggestion would be to read as much poetry as you can, classic, contemporary, metric and free and then get a few good books on poetry as well as reading through this site's:

Blurbs of Wisdom (http://www.everypoet.org/pffa/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=34)

Here are some good sites to read at:

The Alsop Review (http://www.alsopreview.com/) read the Poets, Noted and Collections

The Poem Tree (http://www.poemtree.com/)

Poem Hunter (http://poemhunter.com/)

Plagiarist.com (http://www.plagiarist.com/)

Poetry Daily, the archives (http://www.poems.com/)

The Academy of American Poets (http://www.poets.org/)

Verse Daily, the archives (http://www.versedaily.com/)

Ploughshares (http://www.pshares.org/)

Classical Poetry Treasure Chest (http://jollyroger.com/classicalpoetry/)

Some good books on poetry are:

‘Poetry Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Daps%26field-keywords%3DPoetry%252520Handbook%26store-name%3Dall-product-search/002-6859989-5403255)' by Mary Oliver

'The Poet's Companion (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Daps%26field-keywords%3DThe%252520Poet%252527s%252520Companion%26store-name%3Dall-product-search/002-6859989-5403255)' by Kim Addonzio and Dorianne Laux

'The Discovery of Poetry (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Daps%26field-keywords%3DThe%252520Discovery%252520of%252520Poetry%26store-name%3Dall-product-search/002-6859989-5403255)' by Frances Mayes

'In the Palm of your Hand (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Daps%26field-keywords%3DIn%252520the%252520Palm%252520of%252520your%252520Hand%26store-name%3Dall-product-search/002-6859989-5403255)' by Steve Kowitt

'Understanding Poetry (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Daps%26field-keywords%3DUnderstanding%252520Poetry%26store-name%3Dall-product-search/002-6859989-5403255)' by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren

'Sound and Sense (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-6859989-5403255)' by Laurence Perrine

'The Redress of Poetry (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Daps%26field-keywords%3DThe%252520Redress%252520of%252520Poetry%26store-name%3Dall-product-search/002-6859989-5403255)' by Seamus Heaney

Good luck.