Waxing lyrical about poetry by Alex Reece Abbott

The third category for the Sixth International Hysteria Writing Competition is poetry. That means a poem with the very loose theme “things of interest to women.” Oh, and a maximum of twenty lines, not including spaces. Our writer in residence Alex Reece Abbott has asked some award-winning poets and judges from around the world to share their best pointers for writing poetry for her post this month – big thanks go to the fabulous Frankie McMillan; Camille Ralphs; Jane Clarke and Aki Schilz for their support and valuable insights. Camille has also kindly shared a poetry generator, so even if you’ve never written a poem before, there’s plenty of ideas to get you started for our deadline of August 31 2017. You can enter the poetry category on the Hysteria website. Remember, you can make as many entries to Hysteria as you like, and you are not restricted to any category, so you may like to check out our other pointers and generators for flash fiction and short stories too. So, here’s what my cyberkuia (wise women online) around the world had to say about poetry… Frankie McMillan All the best for this project – here are my top tips for poetry… Consider what you’re doing a kind of exploration. See the poem as an interesting journey – be alert and curious as to where it leads you. Let things spill out even if they seem wild or unrelated. Let one thought catch on to another. Don’t record what you already know; fresh insights are more interesting. ...
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