Constraint Stories

A new collection of poems written by Olan L. Smith starting 2023; all right's reserved.

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 P...

Annabel started out as a comment on another poet's work, and that poet suggest I post it; I did. Now, it has taken many forms and I thought it best to keep track of this...

This is my first etheree constraint poem.

**Hint: It's something that people do everyday Interpretation is up to you, if i divulge the name of the antagonist (which is a matter not a person), it will probably ma...

The place unknown to most people, unlike you. You may think that you have never heard of it, but I have told you over and over and over again. You know what constraint i...

This is about a man on a beach watching a woman. Something isn't right. As time passes and it gets darker, so does the man's intentions. Is this love?

An iambic pentameter using a "ABABCDCDEFEFGG" rhyme scheme I had to make for my sophomore English class. The topic I had was about "hands" so I didn'...

Calum Hood Imagine:) enjoy:3 This story idea is based off the book 'Breathing Under Water', in that note, you should read that book! :D