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WRITING POETRY: SHITTU FOWORA’S SPIDER APPROACH

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So you want to be a good poet?

“The art of poetry is the art of speaking metaphorically, and of making linguistic objects that are themselves metaphors are as well as metaphor laden” ~ Carol Rumens.

Someone once opined, that because poetry is so multi-sensory and evocative, it often lingers with us, eliciting visual images, remembered lines and powerful emotional responses.

It therefore suggests that a poem is as good as the verses one can remember or what lines you want to read and read again for its depth and import.

It means a good piece must task your senses (tactile, visual, smell, taste, auditory).

For a person to aim at the sky and drop on the tree-branch is a commendable feat and such a person one is better than many who only looks skywards but never aims at it.

Same applies to writing a poem.

A a poet, you want to create the poem that no one has ever created, verses that will stupefy and impress the best minds.

It will do well to ask yourself, ‘why would anyone want to read this piece tomorrow or ten years from now’?

As you aim towards the sky of poetry, you must consciously chose your words, metaphors devices etc as you paint images for the reader.

This simple, easy to adapt formula will help you:

There you go, weave your verses like a spider and get a landing spot in the skies, or beyond… at worst, you’ll fall on a tree branch, above ground.

by Shittu Fowora (with additional notes by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson).

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