I haven’t posted in a long time.
Not that it matters. I don’t have any readers anyway. (YET!)
This seems like a good moment to get back into blogging regularly again. I want to let off some steam – blogs are useful for that, if I remember correctly.
I’m having a hard time putting together five poems for my Writing Poetry class. I have five ideas. 3 and a half of which I’ve sort of executed (the other half of the fourth is what I’m currently struggling with).
The Ode Less Traveled is a brilliant book – but it still takes sweat and blood to improve your poetry.
Poetry is HARD. It never quite occurred to me just how hard it is to write a very good poem – that is in some of the traditional forms. I’ve been doing some iambic pentameter exercises from The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
I won’t give up though. I’ve given lots of sweat already. If it also takes tears and blood, so be it! I’m ready to make that sacrifice 
Perhaps I shall share the result of this labour in a few days.
You have readers
and I’m happy to read this article ! Writing poetry seems to be really hard but maybe it don’t need tears and blood … Although, I assume for the well-known poets, it was needed so maybe, it will help.
Poetry? I’m not sure what that is. I do know I don’t like most of it. But I’ve read some poems that have made me cry. I guess it is all in the execution – like anything. Good luck.
I read about it for the first time a few weeks ago
It’s nasty business. Do not get involved. Thank you… I shall need it. Today I struggled with a sonnet that I eventually discarded for over 7 hours.