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Best resources for learning poetry?

sunlit-thistle-60

Budget is limited, so I'd rather learn from your mistakes than make them myself. This came up at work last week and I couldn't let it go.

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mossy-otter-531 more

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

mossy-moth-5

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

misty-beech-12 more

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

silver-otter-241 more

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

copper-sparrow-71

silver-otter-24 wrote:

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

late-thistle-97

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

misty-lichen-381 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

dusky-fern-2

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

sunlit-clover-78

Second this.

still-sedge-89

This deserves its own thread.

copper-wren-57

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

wild-finch-14

Second this.

gentle-finch-51

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

hollow-wren-57

Second this.

gentle-clover-351 more

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

wild-fern-47

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

late-fern-442 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

copper-yarrow-991 more

Small correction, but the point stands.

woven-pine-17

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

wry-beech-251 more

Could you share a photo?

quiet-willow-17

Good question, following.

dusky-sedge-553 more

This deserves its own thread.

copper-fern-622 more

This deserves its own thread.

misty-willow-80

copper-fern-62 wrote:

This deserves its own thread.

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

still-lichen-93

Small correction, but the point stands.

slow-thistle-10

Good question, following.