The following articles are essays on how to write poetry, by Olan L. Smith, aka Cotton Jones. I was asked to write these article for Wattpad's Poets Pub's Handbook for Poets, 2017. I am collecting them here for my site so they may be easy to find. Love, peace, freedom (Lpf), Olan

at 1 past 1 in the am when the world is falling apart what would you think about?

Dive into the world of Peoms. (Not all are mine)

"The poems I write needs to be read one day." Copyrights themangostyles 2016

"I'm dead inside." "Great same." ________________________________ 130th in Poem [180909] Completed as of [040119]

Learn how to write poems in mere seconds.This book will show you how to write poems off your own and I assure you, you will be free writing in no time.

ramblings of an overthinker

a collection of tiny poems for mentally unstable people like me

Principles on how to write powerful poetic passages, with explanations of how and why these rules work. I'm not saying I write great poetry by any means, but I do take pride in it. I've read on poetry in a few places, but Edgar Allan Poe's "The Poetic Principle" was the best; most of the following tips are based on that work. If you can, however, you should read the original, even though it can be a bit difficult to understand at times. Here, I've distilled the main points in modernized language. Enjoy!

but there is no place I'd rather be, than this city born of tragedy