Category Archives: Lessons

LESSON 18 – CHOOSING A SUBJECT TO WRITE ABOUT

Over the past weeks, since I launched my www.poetladykatz.com website, I have received hundreds of [...]

LESSON 17 – WORD WIZARD – WORD MISER

Sometimes, when writing a poem, I will spend an hour or more experimenting with a [...]

LESSON 16 – The Art of the Rhyme – Too Much is a Crime!

I know I’ve discussed this in lessons before, but I really believe it is something [...]

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LESSON 15

I have noted, with great joy and some surprise, that I have been receiving a [...]

LESSON 14 – PLAYING WITH WORDS

I take writing poetry very seriously.  I suspect you do too.  But, while the subject [...]

LESSON 13 – RHYME RIOT

I’ve decided to focus my lesson this week on the pros and cons of rhyme [...]

LESSON 12 – FINDING THE POEM

I’ve often had people tell me that, while they love poetry and want desperately to [...]

LESSON 11 – TO BE OR NOT TO BE

No poem was selected to be featured this week.  Please send your poem in this [...]

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LESSON 10 – ALLITERATING-IT

Here is the poem I selected to be featured as the poem that best expressed [...]

LESSON 9 – LINE BREAKING-IT

In poetry it really does matter where you end a line.  Each line is an [...]