Poetic Form of the Week – Etheree

Readers, friends & fellow bloggers! Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead 🙂 Well, this week, the poetic form is an Etheree. This is a rather simple form of poetry & a delight to write. Read the following paragraphs to know how is an Etheree written. The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Etheree

Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Yusef Komunyakaa

Hi all, This week’s revolutionary poet is Yusef Komunyakaa!   In 1947, Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana, where he was raised during the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. He served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1970 as a correspondent, and as managing editor of the Southern Cross during the Vietnam war, earning him a Bronze Star. He began writing poetry … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Yusef Komunyakaa

Poetic Form of the Week – Monody

Readers, fellow bloggers & friends, I’m extremely sorry for the delay! This week’s Poetic form is “Monody” Well, A monody is a poem in which one person laments another’s death, as in Tennyson’s Break, Break, Break,or Wordsworth’s She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways. In poetry, the term monody has become specialized to refer to a poem in which one person laments another’s death. (In the context of ancient Greek literature, monody, μονῳδία could simply … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Monody

Poetic Form of the Week – Ode

Readers, friends & fellow bloggers! This week’s Poetic form is “Ode”. “Ode” comes from the Greek aeidein, meaning to sing or chant, and belongs to the long and varied tradition of lyric poetry. Originally accompanied by music and dance, and later reserved by the Romantic poets to convey their strongest sentiments, the ode can be generalized as a formal address to an event, a person, or … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Ode

Paint the World’s new feature- Guest Posts

Dear Readers, friends & fellow bloggers! I feel great to share this post with you all lovelies out there, as I think of starting my new Venture/Feature/Add-on/Section in my blog- Guest Posts. Yes! I very well know that this world is so full of ideas, creativity & that everyone of us has a voice to share! So, at PTWWW, I offer you all an opportunity … Continue reading Paint the World’s new feature- Guest Posts

Revolutionary Poet of the Week – T. S. Eliot

Welcome All! It’s Wednesday & time for the Revolutionary Poet of the Week! This week’s Poet is T. S. Eliot & let me share with all of you, his story & how poetry & literature came to his life. Happy Reading! Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in Missouri on September 26, 1888. He lived in St. Louis during the first eighteen years of his life … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – T. S. Eliot

PTWWW’s Be Inspired Weekly Challenge #13

Welcome back readers, friends & fellow bloggers! Be Inspired challenge is in its 13th Week and it pleases me to tell you all that just every entrant is getting better & better with weeks. The Challenges- tough as it is, are done so intellectually by everyone that I am overwhelmed by the responses and the creativity of the poems. I feel that with time, you … Continue reading PTWWW’s Be Inspired Weekly Challenge #13

Poetic Form of the Week – Epigram

Readers, friends & fellow bloggers! Wishing you all a wonderful & blessed week ahead! Well, its time for Monday poetic forms & this week’s poetic form is “Epigram” This poetic form is a bit rhymer types and is fun to write! I hope you all will like reading through this post. Happy Reading! An epigram is a short, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Epigram

Poetic Form of the Week – Found Poem

Dear Friends, Bloggers & Readers! Wishing you all a beautiful Monday and a great week ahead! Well, its Monday again and its the Poetic Form day. This week’s poetic form is “Found Poem”. Have a great read! Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Found Poem

Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Naomi Shihab Nye

Friends, Fellow bloggers & Readers! This week’s revolutionary poet is Naomi Shihab Nye, who is a great writer, born in Palestinian land. This week, I share information on her- her childhood and what great works she wrote when she encountered Writing in her life. Naomi Shihab Nye was born on March 12, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Palestinian father and an American mother. … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Naomi Shihab Nye