Even though I'm only about half finished with my novel, when I look back to check a name or a date and see how horribly written it is, I find myself thinking about revisioning. Until now I've mostly focused on characters, conflict and plot. The writing has little style and suffers from serious white room syndrome. When I go back to rework it, I'm going to have to take off my story engineer hat and put on the literary hat.
This is where I need help. To get me into the correct mindset I'd like to find some good free poetry online. I am so amazingly ignorant of what is out there that I don't even know what to ask for. The thing is I have a very low tolerance for insipid half-baked philosophies or syrupy sentimentality... So, does anyone have any good URLs of simple honest lyrical poetry that you can share?
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dreaming with my eyes open http://japartridge.blogspot.com
Novel: A Kingdom of Stone
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Nov 29, 2007 - 15 43
If you don't mind something that's witty but may have sounds of lovey-dovey-ness and or philosophical musings here is a list of poems by classical authors that should be public domain:
All of Shakespeare's sonnets (which are mostly about love, betrayal, and getting back together) (Sonnet #138)
Andrew Marvell- To His Coy Mistress
John Donne- The Bait (really all of them...)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu- The Lover: A Ballad
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poems
Coleridge
Yates
We (Tish [labrattish] and I) apologize that the poems we have given to you aren't necessarily lyrical.
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Nov 29, 2007 - 18 02
I wasn't aware you had provided any poems. Did I miss a URL or something? 8-O
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Nov 29, 2007 - 19 38
Uhh didn't give a link ^^; just listed some poems/authors to use.... You should be able to find their work for free on the internet (was to busy to actually find the web pages, since I was going for 50k tonight and now have to work on hmwk due 'morrow) I have poetry on my deviantart account ( keijikunoichi.deviantart.com ) but... ehh... not really that good xD But if you want to use one of mine feel free.
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Nov 29, 2007 - 20 16
Coolness.
I misunderstood, but I will definitely look that up when I start phase two of this project.