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Constructive Poetry Anthology
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Ongoing, First published Jan 14, 2024
Constructive poetry: a new genre of poetry that uses insubstantial nuggets of writing as the seeds to grow more robust and lush wordscapes, and a collaborative opportunity in which the Wattpad community can lend a hand in propagating this garden of beauty.
Did you ever read an inspirational quote and think, "That's not all that deep, let alone inspirational," or a platitude and find, "This doesn't speak to me," or a poem that made you wonder, "That's an interesting idea, but could it be fleshed out more?" If so, and you would like to see the potential of such incomplete or underdeveloped pieces of writing realized, these constructive poems might satisfy that curiosity. These poems strive to take trite, unpolished, disappointing, and just outright bad writing, and through some added effort, nuance, and a little verbosity, transform them into something greater. The poems that will make up this collection are all inspired by cliched expressions, uninspired instapoetry, failed aphorisms and other instances of terse writing in need of a makeover. You may think of this "Constructive Poetry" as the antithesis of so-called "blackout poetry," insofar as, rather than erasing what is ugly to make something more beautiful, the goal is to improve impoverished writing through upbuilding, through fine-tuning and embellishing, through constructive criticism baked into a failure's own remix.
The fuel for these poems comes in the form of crude writing, of which I am not aware of all instances. Submit a particular piece of writing you find particularly lacking (source cited, please) and I will with the best effort of my green fingers weave a poem that dignifies the diamond in that rough.
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