Writing Clubs

Put Pen To Paper Potlatch Poetry Club
New event announced 2 days ago.



so. . . the word "potlatch" is a native american word meaning: present, gift, or give ~
hence, i will present to you the gift of a poetic form to learn, study, and write ~
in return, you will gift the FanStory community a new poem to read ~
in return, they will give to you a review and pretty red stars ~
. . .and around we go. . . yada...yada...yada. . .

*every sunday i will post a new event for the following week with a poetry form, its rules, and an example poem.

let's put pen to paper and present some new poetry 🙂📝👍
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Club Organizer is shelley kaye.

Picture This
New event announced 3 days ago. Hello Fellow Poets, Remember your work may entered in a contest BUT YOU MUST ENTER IT IN THE CONTEST FIRST SINCE YOU CANNOT SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY TO PICTURE THIS AND ENTER A CONTEST. Please bare with me as I attempt to keep the Picture This Club going forward, cheers, Pearl/Valda Club Organizer is Pearl Edwards.

God in Your Life
New event announced 3 days ago. Please join if you enjoy talking or writing about the Lord, our God. We can write about what God has done for us, what meditation you use to lift your spirit, how God has touched you by using another person. Many different ways to write about God in your life. Open for suggestions for topics to use. Club Organizer is Teri7.

HAIKU CLUB
New event announced 3 days ago. Join us if you want to learn how to write haiku, share what you know, or just for fun. Topic challenges will be: Haiku form, Haiku seasons (kigo), Haiku juxtaposition line (satori), Haiku focus on five senses, classic haiku vs contemporary haiku, etc.. We will have a new challenge every week. Please, contact Gypsy Blue Rose if you need information about the club or help with your challenge. Club Organizer is Gypsy Blue Rose.

JAPANESE POETRY CLUB
New event announced 3 days ago. Join us if you want to learn how to write Japanese Poetry or share what you know. We have a new challenge every Saturday. We will learn to write Tanka, Senryu, Sedoka, Katauta, Haibun, etc. ****** If you have ANY questions, please send a message to me, Gypsy Blue Rose. Club Organizer is Gypsy Blue Rose.

FINDING YOUR MUSE
Last event announced September 27, 2023. The club is for poets who are looking for ways to find and keep their muse. A creative muse is any source of inspiration to enrich your writing life and provide you with creative ideas for your next poem. In the FINDING YOUR MUSE CLUB we are going to explore ways to tap into your creative source following 7 simple steps. Each week I will provide writing prompts to get your inner muse going. If you have any questions, please, don't hesitate to contact me. Club Organizer is Gypsy Blue Rose.

Flash Fiction/Nonfiction
Last event announced September 25, 2023. Using bizarre stories from the news or from nature to inspire brief entertaining stories. Club Organizer is lyenochka.

Animal Crackers
Last event announced September 21, 2023. Share your stories and poems about your pets or other animals. No challenges. No deadlines. Simply a place for animals lovers to share their experiences. This is not just for pets, but any animal. Organized by damommy. Club Organizer is damommy.

Tips 'R Us
Last event announced September 18, 2023. This club exists for prose writers to exchange tips, insights, and techniques to better their storywriting. The tips presented are not intended to claim to be the only way to write something. We all know there is a myriad of ways to do so. Because the club is designed to be interactive all club members are encouraged to provide useful knowledge for the betterment of all club members. Club Organizer is Brett Matthew West.

The Fabulous Free Versers Club
Last event announced September 17, 2023. Our purpose is to learn TRUE free verse poetry NOT just "words on a page". Free verse puts the writer in charge while still incorporating poetic devices. This is a chance to write poetry NO ONE ever dreamed of. ~~~~~~~ You may wish to add this, or part of it, to your notes when you write a free verse for this club. Hopefully by doing so, reviewers will better understand the techniques used in the construction of free verse. ~~~~~~~ NOTES Free Verse *Definition of Free Verse Free verse is a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms. Such poems are without rhythm and rhyme schemes, do not follow regular rhyme scheme rules, yet still provide artistic expression. In this way, the poet can give his own shape to a poem however he or she desires. However, it still allows poets to use alliteration, rhyme, cadences, and rhythms to get the effects that they consider are suitable for the piece. [The key here is that free verse doesn't have a set format in line length--syllable count; may incorporate scattered rhymes (no set pattern, though); and may have some lines that are metered--but not presented in a set pattern. Other techniques are used, such as, but not limited to, alliteration, cross rhyme, onomatopeia (sound words), personification, etc.] Features of Free Verse *Free verse poems have no regular meter or rhythm. They do not follow a proper rhyme scheme; these poems do not have any set rules. This type of poem is based on normal pauses and natural rhythmical phrases, as compared to the artificial constraints of normal poetry. *Example of Free Verse A Noiseless Patient Spider (By Walt Whitman) “A noiseless patient spider, I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. And you O my soul where you stand, Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space… Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold, Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.” If you are looking for free verse examples, then Walt Whitman is your guy. He is known as the father of free verse English poetry. In this poem, only a simple metaphor is used to mesmerize readers without employing regular rhyme scheme or rhythm. We can see normal pauses in the poem unlike the typical limitations of metrical feet. Club Organizer is damommy.