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(For even prose artists!) Verse of all forms find a home with their writers: A place for the poets of the house where they can meet and exchange ideas especially as they seem to have the least reads on NS. :) Don’t worry, we wouldn’t be only speaking Shakespeare or Soyinka…

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 hours, 30 minutes ago

    Na wa o…how many times?

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 8 hours, 45 minutes ago

    this @sueddie na badt guy o… i no dey that level o!!!

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 8 hours, 45 minutes ago

    this @sueddie na badt guy o… i no dey that level o!!!

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 8 hours, 45 minutes ago

    this @sueddie na badt guy o… i no dey that level o!!!

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 8 hours, 45 minutes ago

    this @sueddie na badt guy o… i no dey that level o!!!

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 8 hours, 45 minutes ago

    this @sueddie na badt guy o… i no dey that level o!!!

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 8 hours, 45 minutes ago

    this @sueddie na badt guy o… i no dey that level o!!!

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 1 day, 14 hours ago

    Hehehehe @sueddie when I get to see u, be ready for my S&W.

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    Sueddie Agema replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 2 days, 11 hours ago

    @Midas: Word! Na you biko! That is really how it should be. But I do think sometimes that rhyming can up your game and give you more discipline if you decide to do it the right way. That is, you don’t just rhyme […]

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 4 days, 7 hours ago

    @sueddie i go send masquerade to come catch you for where you dey. I hear you sha…I write both styles but i am wondering at that your statement “I writeboth styles”…Are you implying that a certain someone is […]

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    mikeeffa posted an update in the group POETS AND POEMS 4 days, 8 hours ago

    WHO IS A FRIEND?
    A friend
    accepts you as you are
    doesn’t gives up opn you
    envision the whole part of you(even the unfinished part)
    yells when you wont listen to the truth
    forgives you your mistakes everyday
    makes a difference in your life
    invites you over

    accepts your feelings and emotions
    does not judge you but corrects you
    ever keeps you close…[Read more]

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    midas replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 4 days, 12 hours ago

    Hmn… Poetry, methinks is a reflective art or more like a giant portrait hung on a wall. You should feel every pixel, the image should find you wherever you stand…that is the bottom line for me. If it comes […]

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 4 days, 14 hours ago

    @sueddie U no crious!
    Silly you!!!

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    Sueddie Agema replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 4 days, 17 hours ago

    @jefsaraurmax How did I mistake that spelling…ouch!

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    Sueddie Agema replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 4 days, 17 hours ago

    @jefsarurmax: Hullo. Where have we been?
    To the topic, I think that there’s a certain beauty to poetry when there’s rhyme especially when it isn’t forced. It brings about a certain loveliness that can hardly […]

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 5 days, 7 hours ago

    Me too…@shai

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 5 days, 9 hours ago

    I do both anyways….

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 5 days, 10 hours ago

    @shai yeah, you’re right its all about the skill and exposure of the poet. The more you expand your vocabulary, the easier it is for you to find words to rhyme.

    However, good blank verses require the deeper […]

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 7 hours ago

    Guess that last post came inn late….we understand each other then.

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 7 hours ago

    @jefsaraurmax I quite understand what you are saying. But do you really, really understand what I am *saying*?

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    Jefsaraurmax replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 7 hours ago

    @shai and I just mistyped you name twice, not a good start in the day! My excuse is that I went to see the Avengers last night and I got home really late so this morning (it is 9:38 here), I am very tired. :-)

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    Jefsaraurmax replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 8 hours ago

    @shay, I realized I meant to say that I agree with you.The skills of the poet matter.I will add that the poem has to be about something that the audience can relate to. The background can be set in a different […]

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    Jefsaraurmax replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 8 hours ago

    @Shay, Baudelaire is a classic in France and you have to learn it at school, same thing with Apollinaire ,Hugo, Verlaine, Rimbaud etc. It is not a matter of taste.
    In my opinion poetry is something that more […]

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 8 hours ago

    @jefsaraurmax u av got a keen taste. I don’t blame you though. Living down this side of the world, not enough people have time to appreciate the little beautiful tinz of life.(I know I will get hammered for ds […]

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 8 hours ago

    This guy Charles Baudelaire again!!! @jefsaraurmax

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    Jefsaraurmax replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 9 hours ago

    @xikay, at school I learned poems from Charles Baudelaire and Victor Hugo which rhyme.When I was older, I discovered Paul Eluard who wrote poems that didn’t rhyme and used words in a complete different ways (ex: […]

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    Jefsaraurmax joined the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 9 hours ago

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 10 hours ago

    @shai, you do have a point…the skill.

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    shai replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 11 hours ago

    Well it happens. If one is however careful enough to craft the appropriate words u still come out wif a beautiful piece.
    Watering-down is the function of the skill of the poet – their mastery of techniques and […]

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    xikay replied to the forum topic Rhymes versus Blank Verses in the group POETS AND POEMS 6 days, 12 hours ago

    @layrite, we are waiting for you.
    @shai so you prefer Rhymes…what would you say about it getting watered down, to secure the rhyme?

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