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poetgeneral

Hello, my name is shadrach victor kwaku narteh kwetso. i do stories many times, but now i am on poems. please my beautiful and good reader, please i would like you to read my poems and vote for me and comment as well. let you know what you know.let me think what you think about my work. Thank you all very much. let's look forward to your votes and comments.

CottonJones

Thanks for adding "Journey Home" to your reading list, Kewetso, I appreciate it. As for becoming a great poet one has to practice, read the greats (both living, and dead), read every day, write every day, and edit, reedit, and then rewrite (repeat the process until it is perfect). Keep the tools of the poet close to your heart, study the styles, keep a dictionary, thesaurus, and rhyming dictionary close to you, and make sure every word is the exact word to fulfill the meaning you intended, not one word more or less, (wordiness will make a great poem mediocre). Also, keep a file of the best poetry writing sites on your computer, and make sure they are from universities, not poetry sites.  Never be in a rush to publish or upload a poem before it is ready, but with patience wait until it meet the goals of your mind’s eye.  LPF, Olan.