Poet of the Week – Ingrid de Klerck

Good Evening Readers! PTWWW’s Poet of the Week is Ingrid de Klerck. She is an amazing poetess. Guys, here is a poem by her! Congratulations Ingrid:)   Poem Title: Four Letter Word I keep to myself mostly Lost inside this maze Of thoughts and feelings Verbally gifted, yet lost for words Eloquent in my inner monologue You, painted in repeating patterns Of words referring to … Continue reading Poet of the Week – Ingrid de Klerck

Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Walt Whitman

WALT  WHITMAN was born in Westhills, Long Island, May 31, 1819, in a farm-house overlooking the sea. While yet a child his parents moved to Brooklyn, where he acquired his education. He learned type-setting at thirteen years of age. Two years later he taught a country school. He contributed to the “Democratic Review” before he was twenty-one years old. At thirty he traveled through the … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Walt Whitman

Poetic Form of the Week – Anaphora

The term “anaphora” comes from the Greek for “a carrying up or back,” and refers to a type of parallelism created when successive phrases or lines begin with the same words, often resembling a litany. The repetition can be as simple as a single word or as long as an entire phrase. As one of the world’s oldest poetic techniques, anaphora is used in much … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Anaphora