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Non Negotiable.

in Poetry Discussion

What is your one, non-negotiable rule that you have with all your work? It's harder than it looks but I'd love to know form some of my favourite Covers and new writers what springs to mind when they reflect on this? What do all your pieces of work have in common, because you as a writer have decided it is a rule you have to follow.

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Rich Y.

Aug 20, 2022

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From reading a lot of your work, makes sense to me, and you definitely achieve that.

Shen Friebe

Aug 18, 2022

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Hey Rich! I ensure that I've put effort into each poem I write. This varies based on the type of poem it is but generally speaking, I don't want my poems to appear as if they only took me 10 seconds to write; some people might have that gift, but not me :P Also generally speaking, I like my poems to be multi-layered or at least contain some double-speak to illuminate more of the meaning of the poem.

How about yourself?

Rich Y.

Aug 18, 2022

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Cool, thanks @Shen Friebe Probably a bit like Marc, I cant be doing with the pretentious use of complicated vocabulary to look clever, bit of a unfortunate by product of this medium. I like brevity and try to make sure every word in my poems is chosen with consideration and authentic to me, though I do find that difficult sometimes. Being new, sometimes I think "does this need to sound, you know, more clever to be taken more seriously?" Whether that works or not is another thing!

Shen Friebe

Aug 18, 2022

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There are countless poems out there that feature brevity and are truly fantastic pieces of work; it's all in the way you story-tell and express yourself- after all, anyone can just Google search a synonym (such as myself, lol). I know Marc's work is a testament to anti-pretentious poetry and personally, it demonstrates a hell of a lot of skill and selectiveness.

Marc Brimble

Aug 17, 2022

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great question. I suppose it would be to not come off as pretentious, try to be true to myself.

Rich Y.

Aug 20, 2022

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My favourite thing about your stuff. I found early on, it helped to inspire me a bit (without making your ego to big hahaha) because of how well you do that mate.

Adam Gary

Aug 16, 2022

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Wow! This is an awesome thread and really hard to think about! I like to think that my poetry is 'followable'? I want to keep my poetry accessible to everyone, whilst also adding a layer of strong metaphor for those who enjoy deciphering the more intricate side of things? I don't know if that makes sense?