Without words what would there be?

"Without words then there are only letters and images.

Without words, these letters and images do not come to life.

If these letters and images do not come to life because there are no words,

then there is no life."

-Reliann Viray

The quote was made by: Reliann Viray on October 5, 2010. 

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Without Words

Without Words

© By Rivka Lubin 

I write for the same reason I breathe

If I didn't I would die

Without words to express myself

Life is a broken winged bird that can't fly

I write my soul down word for word

I write things I could never say

Without this method of expression

I would cry every day

I try to forget all the regret

Or else life is mine to miss

Without saying what I truly feel

Then I'll always stay like this

So I write for the same reason I breathe

It's so that bird can fly up to the sky

I need to rise higher and higher

And finally stop asking why

Some days in our lives we just need to express ourselves even though it may be very hard, and even though we don't always know what the outcome will be. Whether we are expressing our feelings emotionally, verbally, or through writing, these are all filled with words. Obviously, we wouldn't be able to talk and converse with one another without words, and we cannot write without words, or else we would just end up write the alphabet over and over again in different orders. You may ask though, how can emotions be filled with words? Well, as a matter of fact emotions are filled entirely with words. Emotions themselves are words, and the reasons we achieve all these emotions is because of words, and because of thoughts, which all require words. In this poem, the poet chooses to incorporate these thoughts into the production of his poem.

The poet starts off the poem very strong with the words "I write for the same reason I breathe". That is a very intense way of thought! Breathing is a necessary part of our lives for survival. Without breathing, the result will be death. The poet conveys that words are an essential part of our lives by comparing words to breathing. The second line is also just as intense and strong since the poet states that without words, death really does happen. The poet then uses a simile to compare like to a bird with a broken wing, but doesn't necessarily state why this has been used for comparison. All these elements create such a grabber. 


The first stanza greatly introduced the poem to the reader very well and causes the reader to want to continue reading the poem. The first two lines of the second stanza are very complex and artistically composed. It caused me to look deeper into meaning to try to understand exactly what the words are trying to say. Yet, once I finish reading the stanza, everything becomes clear. The third stanza talks about what will happen without words, which greatly transitions into the last stanza that talks about mostly the opposites of what has been stated earlier. The last stanza restates the first line of the first stanza once again, creating a feeling of resolution within the poem. The second line of the last stanza then talks about how because of writing and because of words, the bird can fly. Which represents how through words we are able to live our lives. Then the last two lines state what must be done and the very last line greatly caught my attention. The last line sates "And finally stop asking why". I find that to be very true that in order to rise higher and higher in life, sometimes it's necessary to stop asking why. It's important to ask why in life but it's not very healthy to start asking "why" when it comes to how life treats us and how life goes. When things start dealing with how life is, it just truly is how it is and asking why won't change anything.

This poem is found HERE

What does discrimination look like?

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Discrimination

Discrimination

Walk through the hall

With every eye on me

Surrounded by four walls

As far as I can see

Snickers, sneers and laughter

Discrimination too

Taunted from on after

Because I'm not like you

I'm different so you shun me

Leave me standing in the rain

You hurt me though you see

That I am in pain

I hate discrimination

Among the world I see

If we are all one nation

Why discriminate against me

By Janet S. Watford

This poem focuses on such an intense topic. This poem is based on the subject of discrimination through the first person view. This poem's is based on the "A,B,A,B" structure. The last word from every other line rhymes with the last word from the other line. So, the last word of the first and third lines would rhyme, while the last word of the second and fourth line rhyme with one another as well. Most poems are based on this structure. 

There are four stanzas that brings the attention of the reader to a specific direction. In my opinion, I believe that the first stanza is quite a grabber. It describes what can be seen through the eyes of "discrimination". In the eyes of discrimination, or in the eyes of a person being discriminated many eyes seem to be ablaze towards the person being discriminated. This brings the reader to attention because it causes curiosity on why exactly this is occurring. The second stanza deals with the sense of hearing instead of sight. Two other synonyms are presented for the word laughter in the first line of the second stanza creating the perception that the idea of laughter was very essential into how discrimination is like. By having three words presented to express one thing, it brings the idea that the laughter was not just any normal laughter that is heard in our daily lives, but is a different laughter. 


The last line of the second stanza "because I am not like you" is such a turning point from describing what is seen and heard through the use of senses, to the transition and transformation of starting to describe the reason for discrimination as well as the feelings one may be able to feel because of discrimination. From that line on, the whole poem becomes so much more intense. The words used are extremely dramatic and really create the feeling of tension and pain that discrimination brings into one's life. The words such as different, shun, leave, hurt, pain, hate, one nation, and even just the word discriminate itself creates such an uncomfortable and tense mood. Also "leave me standing in the rain" creates a feeling of fear and sadness that greatly represents and symbolizes exactly what can be felt because of discrimination even without the need to say the exact words of how discrimination feels like. The poet uses descriptions in her poem to bring forth how discrimination feels, rather than stating the actual feeling and listing the feelings directly in her poem.

This poem can be found HERE

More Examples of Haikus

The sun shines warmly 
The dragonfly watches me 
planting my basil 

avenging plow purrs
madly, hooked angel captures
hazily, hoping

desolation howls
deafly, green demented goats
giggling yearning preys

Poverty tumbles.
A vegetable belches.
Crawling thirst cavorts.


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 A more serious imagery formulated in the Haiku.

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A more comedic type of Haiku.

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A Haiku

A Haiku is a type of poem derived from Japan. Haikus can be about almost anything, and are mostly about things that occur in life, every single day. Haiku tends to be a poem where the poet chooses to contemplate on elements and objects in nature as well as the experiences one faces through everyday life. Experiences, nature, or feelings are common themes that are included in Haikus. Haikus are usually made with words and grammar that are quite easy. The most usual form of Haiku is composed of three lines of poetry. The first line is usually produced with five syllables. The second line usually consists of seven syllables, while the last, or the third line, is composed of five syllables again. So, the structure of a Haiku would be "5,7,5", based on the number of syllables per line.

Rhyming isn't necessary in the composition of a Haiku. Rather than the goal of rhyming like how most poems are usually perceived as, a Haiku focuses more on the goal of creating an image based on the words of the poem. Through a Haiku, one is to expect to be able to think or imagine a specific image after reading it's content. This is because a Haiku uses the technique of the poetic device called imagery. Because a Haiku requires the use of imagery which creates a certain task that needs to be accomplished for the poet. An even bigger task to fulfill is having to create this imagery, or picture into someone's mind, within only 17 syllables. Within three lines, a poet is expected to have accomplished trying to create that picture for the reader through his or her words.

Most Haiku's are written or typed on paper with the image or a picture that represents that main gist and essence that the poet is trying to portray in his or her Haiku. 

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I Love You My Love by Crystal Beltz

I Love You My Love

I love you my love For what you have done for me I love you my love For what you have shown me I love you my love Because you are my treat I love you my love You treat me so sweet I love you my love Because of your positively I love you my love For all your sensitivity I love you my love Because your love will never die I love you my love Your my angel that will fly I love you my love Because you are my one and only love! Crystal Beltz This poem by Crystal Beltz, talks about love. As noticed in the structure, there are 18 lines. The first four stanzas are composed on an "A,B,A,B" structure, while the last two lines contain a "C,C" structure. This means that in the first four stanzas, the first line matches rhyming words with the third line, and the second line matches the rhyming with the fourth line. And lastly, the last two lines rhyme with one another as well. Each stanza is composed as four lines as you can very well see in this poem. This poet, Crystal Beltz, chose to have a rhyming pattern dealing with the last word of the line with the other last word of every other line. and in the end with the last two lines. This poem sets a positive mood for the reader. If you notice the first and third lines of every stanza are the words "I love you my love" which corresponds to the title that the author has given the poem. This suggests a great importance in that phrase that the poet is trying to convey. By repeating those words, or that phrase, over and over again, Crystal Beltz creates a certain stone throughout her structure. By repeating those words over and over again, we are forced to somewhat "read between the lines". When I say that, I literally mean it. By reading in between the lines of "I love you my love", we highlight mostly everything that is not that phrase. This is because as we read the poem we realize, and our brains respond to it in such a way that we know that that phrase repeating over and over again is an essential point of importance in the poem, but we also start looking for something else that brings our focus in between those phrases. We start to focus on the reasons why "I love you my love". We look for answers on why that specific line is so significant, and it can clearly be seen and presented within the second and fourth lines of each stanza, which briefly describes why "my love" is loved. This poem was found here:  I LOVE YOU MY LOVE

Poetic Structure

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This post will discuss how the structure of poetry affects how the words of the poem are arranged, and how the type and form of poetry influences the poet's work. There are many types and ways to write poems. Types of poems can vary according to the choice of the poet and according to how they want the structure of their poem to be.  The differences between these types of poems can depend on the number of verses, the number of syllables in a line, and the rhythmic and rhyming patterns within the poem. Each poem contains many elements, techniques, methods, and patterns in the way of writing.

Above is a video presenting 10 Poetic Devices. In the video, teachers educate the viewers about 10 different types of poetic devices and structures used in writing. The video explains the unique and individual structures and characteristics of the different types of poetic structures. The teachers in the video concisely explain and give examples of using alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme as well as free verse, rhythm, simile, metaphor, metonymy, personification, and imagery. Towards the end of the video they also briefly show ways in which these poetic devices can be used together to be creative. Please watch the video to learn more about the poetic devices in a fun and exciting way! Also, seen below are lists of different types of poetry which you can freely explore and learn about by either clicking on the links I have provided for you, or by clicking on the actually words themselves.

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Expressions of Poetry

Forms used in Poetry

Alliteration	Anapaest Literary Term	Antithesis
Apostrophe Literary Term	Archetype Literary Term	Assonance Literary Term
Caesura Literary Term	Consonance	Connotation Literary Term
Denotation Literary Term	Elision Literary Term	Envoy Literary Term
Epithet Literary Term	Euphony	Euphemism
Falling Meter	Feminine Rhyme	Figure of speech
Foot Literary Term	Heptameter	Heroic couplet
Hexameter Literary Term	Hyperbole	Iamb Literary Term
Iambic pentameter	Litotes Literary Term	Metaphor
Meter Literary Term	Meiosis Literary Term	Metonymy
Onomatopoeia	Paradox Literary Term	Pentameter
Persona Literary Term	Quatrain	Rhythm
Rising Meter Literary Term	Scansion Literary Term	Simile
Spondee Literary Term	Stanza	Syntax Literary Term
Tetrameter	Trochee Literary Term	Trope Literary Term

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Types of Poetry

	Different Types of Poetry
	ABC poem	Alexandrine Poetry Type	Allegory
	Analogy Poetry Type	Ballad Poems	Ballade Poetry Types
	Blank Verse	Burlesque Types	Cacophony
	Canzone Poetry Type	Carpe diem	Cinquain Poetry Type
	Classicism Types	Conceit Poetry Type	Couplet Poetry Type
	Dactyl Poetry Type	Doggerel	Elegy
	Enjambment	Epic Poems	Epigram
	Epitaph	Epithalamium Form	Free Verse
	Haiku Poetry Type	Idyll Poetry Types	Imagery Poems
	Irony	Lay Poetry Types	Limericks
	Lyric Poetry	Name Poem	Narrative Poetry
	Odes	Pastoral Poetry Type	Quatrain Poetry Type
	Refrain Poetry Type	Rhymes	Romanticism Type
	Senryu Poetry Type	Rhyme Royal Type	Sonnets
	Tanka	Terza rima	Verse
		Prose and Prose Poetry

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Poets Try

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     Most people see the word poetry and automatically think of education, poetry in English class, being graded on poetry, and trying to interpret the symbolism that poets are trying to portray. The purpose of this blog is to prove that poetry isn't all about being graded on your creation and the interpretation you have of the poetry of other people's poems, but it's about expressing yourself, your views, and understanding those of others. Poetry cannot be spelled without the word "try" in it. Try is included in poetry, and with poetry we can try new things, appreciate new ideas and suggestions, and by reading other people's work, we can try the experiences and the descriptions that we have just read. Also in the word poetry, is obviously "poet". As poets, we try new poetic structures, new topics, and new genres to satisfy what we believe, what we feel, and whatever suits our mood. 
     As a poet, you are free to write anything of your choice and express everything you would want to say or do. Writing poetry doesn't always include the necessity of having to please and satisfy the reader. The most important aspect and concept of poetry is the need to satisfy one's self. So, when you are writing, or reading a poem, keep an open heart and mind and think about the feelings and thoughts of a poet rather than what you're supposed to understand within the poem. By exposing your thoughts and emotions to a poem, you will start to understand it no matter what the poem is about. Whether you are a famous poet, or a poet in English class I hope you learn to try to understand and appreciate the wide varieties of concepts that poets explore.

Poetry and Poems to Me

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For me, poetry is an open canvas. Just like how canvases are are woven tightly together, poetry is all connected. Many people from many parts of the world, write poetry every single day. Yet, has anybody noticed that no matter where the person is coming from, who they are, what their age is, poetry can take the same shape and size? By that, I mean the gist. Poetry from completely different people all around the world can have different content, methods, and techniques of how to write the poem (as well as the language), but they will mostly have the same perspective and aspect of the subject. For example, one who may be writing a poem about love in one continent may have the same concepts and ideas as another person who is also writing about love in another continent, whether or not they both like the concept of love, or if they are nauseated by the thought of it. Poetry is truly universal as some famous poets have said. It does not matter who you are, what you do or a living, and even if you don't like poems or not; once you right a poem, someone else out there in the world maybe writing a poem, or has already written a poem with the same concept as yours.

Poetry is a blank page. It is an empty blank sheet of paper that has unlimited emptiness. Poetry can be started, continued, or written on top of. Poetry is a form of art and literature. Because of poetry, lots of people have survived life. This is because through poetry, people have found a better way to vent, express their anger, and handle their depression. Poetry is a song. It sings to your hearts in melodies, beats, and rhythms that harmonize with your soul. Poetry is a great gift that people take for granted, or mistake for stress if it's given as homework, but I am here to show you the side of it you have yet to love.

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What is Poetry?

 

  What is Poetry?

"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. "

Kahlil Gibran

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. "

Socrates

"I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty in words. "

Edgar Allan Poe

"With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. "

Edgar Allan Poe

"Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular."

Aristotle  

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Inspiration

Poetry greatly fascinates me. After reading poems, I feel a deep connection with what I have just read. Poems are filled with great wonder. Just the thought that simple words, created into a certain pattern using different techniques and methods, can affect a person's mood, day, and life, is so stunning. It's such a wonder how in one scan of reading a poem for the first time can bring tears out of one's eyes or can put a smile into the saddest face. Poems create such an intense atmosphere that stir emotions within people and it's what mesmerizes me the most. With poems, whether I'm writing my own, or reading someone else's, I always become captivated by key words and thoughts that can leave me thinking about the topic for that whole day. Poems energize me, make me sad, make me happy, and make me confused, based on what the poem is about, but the most important aspect that poems create within a person is a sense of openness. With poems I feel free, calm, and ready to open up and engage all the emotions I have hid within myself for a very long time.