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An anniversary for a man or a woman is such an important. It represents the time a couple have been together, what they have achieved and how far they have come. Anniversarys are especially meaningful to women because It is a day where her partner can spoil her and make her feel special. It is also a time for a couple to reflect on the year they have spent together.

There are many many anniversary gifts for women available to purchase either from the internet or in local shops. However, this should be the one time a man puts that extra effort to find a really special anniversary gift for women.

At the end of the day there is nothing better than making your wife feel and appreciated. You want her to know just how much you appreciate all those little things she does for you. A box of chocolates, a bottle of wine, or even a day at a spar is just some of the common anniversary gifts for women. But these anniversary gifts for women are almost expected are they not?

Now is the time to find something a little more sincere, something that shows you have made an effort and not immediately gone for a standard anniversary gift for women.

You may decide a poem is the perfect anniversary gift for women but do not have a clue where to start or how to write one.

Here is an extract from an anniversary poem written for an anniversary gift for women

Roads
When I look back and think of your past,
I can’t help but come up with a heartfelt smile,
two journeys, now as one,
that both started in The Emerald Isle.

You were both brought up struggling,
you came from a similar background,
but it took a trip to the mainland,
before it was true love that you found.

You met at a dance in Wales,
Mum thought Dad was rather continental,
maybe something to do with his dark complexion
and the fact, like me, he can be a little temperamental.

And as they built their roads together,
Tom was digging his while Nora worked in a shop
and those roads led to London,
where their single lives came to a full stop.

And then they moved to Leeds,
to be with Willie and Cis
and that has been the secret of their marriage,
best summed up as simple as this:

They’ve been flexible, they’ve adapted,
they’ve certainly moved with the times,
one of the many reasons why we love them
and one of the many reasons for these rhymes.

Dad continued working all over the north
and Mum had a couple of kids along the way
and then they bought their first house in Aberdeen Walk
and I guess that was a very proud day.

Mum had two more boys,
so now there was Michael, Brian, Philip and Jack
and those roads started to lead somewhere,
they were both certainly on the right track.

Because Dad started his own steel fixing company,
with his mates Micky Preston and Sean Kenny
and that business grew and grew,
the first few employees turned into many.

Copyright Allen Jesson 2008

A gift that is poetry is a perfect anniversary gift for women because there will be nothing else like it, the words will be unique and you can express your inner feelings, say all the things you just do not get time to say on a daily basis and best of all you can show your partner you have really made an effort on this extra special day.

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Teaching children to write poetry can be done if the steps are broken down. Children learn best when it is simple and easily accomplished. Basically all you need to do is show children how to rhyme words and then put them together. Here are 6 methods.

1. Write a list of words. On the board or at home on a piece of paper write a list of words that rhyme. An example would be: try, high, fly, kite, night, fun, run, roam, home, etc. Next, have the children arrange some of the words in a sentence.

2. Recitation. While the students are writing their sentences you can write some of your own and then read them out loud. Hearing words rhyme is different than saying them in your head. Have each of the children do this. There may be giggles which is normal.

3. The Bible. The Bible is the most widely read book in the world. It is written in prose and parts of it are quite beautiful. You can read parts of the Bible a loud and discuss why it is considered poetry. As an exercise you can have the children try to imitate some of the verses.

4. Poems about familiar things. Poetry is an expression of feelings and emotions. Help the kids by getting them to express thoughts and ideas about people and things they are very familiar with. Encourage them to be expressive.

5. Rhyming games. An effective method for teaching kids poetry is to use games. Nursery rhymes are some of the first poetry we hear. You can read some of these to the kids and have them stomp their feet and clap to the rhythmic pattern they hear. Be prepared for some noise but this is very effective.

6. Music. Listen to music and show how lyrics are similar to poetry set to music. This is particularly effective with older kids. Music is a huge part of our lives and many children and teenagers are aspiring musicians and already have favorite music groups.

Writing poetry is a fun activity and the kids will enjoy it. You need to start with simple rhyming schemes so the students can build confidence. You can use the Bible, games and music to further their understanding.

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When it comes to writing a funny love poem you may find yourself faced with a task a lot harder that first thought.

This article contains tips and ideas that will help you write a funny love poem.

Before you begin your funny love poem I would recommend reading and listing to other poems in the same genre. This will give you some ideas about the styles they were written. You will also be able to decide if your funny love poem is going to be long or short, rhyming or not rhyming.

Find inspiration, by simply reading a verse or line from another funny love poem you may just find the inspiration to write your own. Once you have the foundation you then need to bulk it out.

If your funny love poem is intended for someone in particular you may already have ideas about what you want to include. If this is the case then spend some time making notes about the specific thing you want to incorporate.

As hard as it sounds try to write down your emotions and feeling as this is what makes a poem special and meaningful. do not be afraid to say things you would not normally say.

Think about the event or person the funny love poem is for, writing notes or a list as you remember the emotions and feeling you had at that time and have now. Once the list is written you can then go through and add or remove what ever you see fit.

You will need to think about the style of your funny love poem. There are many styles of poems including haiku, sonnets, limericks or free verse. It is important to decide the style before actually putting your poem together.

Use vivid descriptions and words of emotion such as love, happiness and joy. Try to include descriptive images, so instead of putting ‘the garden’ put ‘the lush green garden’ these descriptions will paint a better picture in the readers mind.

Always save the best part of your funny love poem for the end. The end should be like a punch line to a joke, something that gives the reader something to think about after the poem has been read.

When you feel your funny love poem is complete read it and read it again, do not be afraid to edit and make changes or better still ask others for their opinions and advice in how they feel the poem reads.

The most important thing is to be sincere, especially if you are going to be giving the poem as a gift to someone you love.

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When searching for an anniversary gift the main thing to remember is to be romantic and sincere, especially if the gift is for your partner or loved one.

Sometimes a material anniversary gift really does not express how deeply you feel, and you may consider sending something more heartfelt and personal such as a poem or a card that contains anniversary verses.

Writing your own poem may not be your forte but do not despair, there are many services available to help.

If you do decide to send an anniversary gift that is a poem it is important to include information that is personal to the receiver

Here’s a good example of a creative anniversary gift that was
written especially for a couple’s first wedding anniversary:-

Wiggy and Wigster
We had known each other for 13 years,
that was even before we’d started to date,
but despite the best efforts of our mutual friends,
they hadn’t accounted for those winds of fate.

You came to my job one hot July 30th,
and you struck up a conversation with me,
that day I happened to be very tanned,
you thought my ripped stomach was a place to be.

You asked what I did to stay in shape,
and asked if sometime we could go together,
I was only 3 minutes away from “more than life itself,
each and every day of my life, forever and ever”.

Exactly one month from that first meeting day,
I looked you up in an e-mail address book,
I must admit I’d been driving by your house,
just in the hope I’d get a wave or a look.

Because I’d already turned down one invitation,
and wasn’t going to make that same mistake again,
so I asked to take you up on that bike ride,
you were so thrilled, you just said: “When?”

We went out on our first date two days later,
for the record, it was dinner at The Offshore,
then we took a romantic stroll, hand in hand,
and I knew my life had changed (for evermore).

After two weeks of dating,
I asked when would all the sweetness end,
and you said, “Never, why does it have to?”,
We both knew then, we’d found a lifelong friend.

It was obvious to our friends and family too,
and I had waited for you to say “I love you” for so long,
so happily, I moved in just a few months later,
and ever since, we’ve never put one foot wrong.

When we first met I found you disliked cats,
and now Ziggy “your son” gets more kisses than me,
but let me tell you, Wiggy, you’re wonderful,
and you’ve made Wigster’s World a great place to be.

Wearing two crowns can be sometimes tiring,
so together, we play, we laugh, love, walk and pray,
hand in hand, we do everything as a couple,
as we did on August 2nd, our “Beautiful” wedding day.

I now know what a husband’s love is truly worth,
and we know that there’s no “I” in team,
I know you took your time in arriving,
but you were worth waiting for, my dream.

Our relationship is the best I’ve ever had,
you truly are my soul-mate and the love of my life,
I just wanted to say, “I’m proud of you”,
and very proud to be known as your wife.

Now there’s Wiggy, Wigster, Ziggy and Pinky,
the newest member to the Italiano clan,
Pinky, is Daddy’s favorite baby girl,
but don’t worry, you’re still my favorite man.

And at the risk of our friends and family gagging,
and this is really what these words are for
Happy First Anniversary, Tommy, my Wiggy,
and you’ve already guessed it, Wigster loves you more.
(Copyright A Gift of Poetry 2008)

Allen Jesson writes for several sites that specialize in helping
you to find the perfect Anniversary Gift, or to write a meaningful Anniversary Poem or find a
suitable Wedding Gift

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I had to write up a flow diagram the other day for the process I need to follow to get a song/lyric from idea to completion. You might find it useful;

1./ You are walking down the street thinking about nothing in particular. One thought leads to another and suddenly you are struck by what seems to be a great idea. A concept arrives waiting to be fleshed out. This is often called ‘ The Muse’. Any bit of inspiration or muse that passes by is worthy of pursuing. It might come from your walk down the street or it might come from an exercise such as object writing. Object writing is the process of writing from your senses about a particular object/thing/person/place or time, within a set time frame of 5 or ten minutes.

2./ If your great idea has not come from object writing then you need to do some; Find a quiet place to set yourself up with pen and notepad, or word processor if you’re computer inclined. Set a stopwatch or timer, most mobile phones have one these days, and write for 10 minutes on your subject. For example this afternoon I came up with the concept of “losing altitude”. This could be about a relationship running out of steam or taking a dip or going through a period of turbulence, so, the challenge is to get metaphors related to the concept and make them into useable phrases for our song. Here’s some example writing;

Losing altitude, we’re dropping down, my tummy is left up in the sky somewhere. Losing altitude, who’s in control of this plane? I’ve got my hand on the controls, but you keep wrestling them away. While we’re wrestling the plane is going into a dive and we’re losing altitude. The ground is spinning up to meet us, I want to jump out of this plane and be free wheeling on a parachute, pulling my own cords, not be your puppet on a string. etc.

Usually you can find a few choice phrases from your stream of consciousness sense based writing that can be valuable to expand on, which is part 3.

3./ Pick key words or themes from your main idea and find rhymes. I am a great fan of the methods of Pat Pattison of Berklee Music college. In his book Writing Better Lyrics Pat advocates that we not just look for perfect rhymes, but also family rhymes, assonant rhymes and near rhymes. So, from our example we might look at the words altitude, dropping, sky, control, plane, dive, losing, spinning, parachute and cords, to find a database of rhymes we can use.

For “altitude” you might try: solitude, latitude, attitude, unscrewed, voodooed, argued, stewed, mood and feud. Now any of those combinations can open up a world of possibilities,but if you stick ‘on theme’ you might get a coupe of rhyming lines like;

Hey, I know we argued
and you’re in a terrible mood
but, I’m reaching for my parachute, ‘cos , [ I brought in one of the other key words which happened to be a near rhyme]
baby, we’re losing altitude.

Not the greatest prose in the world but a starting point. What about dive? Drive, test-drive, arrive, survive, alive, real-life, jaws of life.

We’re in a nose dive
this isn’t a test-drive
if we’re gonna survive
somebody’s gonna have to go and get the jaws of life.

4./ Once you’ve got a few more ideas flowing try to story board your song and work out if there is a narrative flow. What will each part of the song say? To carry on the example, part one could be; boy and girl are going on holiday they are flying and he thinks that there are problems in the relationship. Part 2 could be the woman’s perspective, what she thinks is wrong. Part 3, a bridge, might be them playing out disaster scenarios, and a final verse might be a happy ending as they are coming in to land at their destination, losing altitude, but in a controlled way. Could this journey be a plan to rekindle the romance?

5./ Rewrite the main idea using new lyrical/rhyming ideas within the story board

6./ If you’re stuck for a rhythmic idea try to extract it from the working title of the song. Our working title of “losing altitude” could be broken up to represent he following; Loo-zing-al-ti-tude or, ta Tum ta ta Tum. Try ta Tum ta ta Tum at different speeds to see what matches the ‘feel’ of the song.

7./ Start speaking out loud some of your rough prose and rhyme to see how it might fit against the rhythm and start trying out melodic ideas

8./Hit the “record” button on your tape recorder or computer and get writing, and rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, until you’re done!

For more information on home recording and songwriting visit Paul Warren’s websites ObjectWriting.com and MyHomeRecordingStudio.com

Poetry can be described in so many ways, but one general concept people have about poetry is, it stems from an emotion, an inspiration, or from a particular event in the poets life. Poetry is an art form that uses metaphors to express a certain thought or story.

While telling the tale as it is can be easier understood, poetry is not into expressing one definite meaning, but rather into making the reader think and determine for themselves what the writer may be trying to put forth. The artistic use of words to represent something is else is common in a lot of poetry writing styles and is viewed as the norm by most poetry writers. Poetry, however, is basically indefinable and this may be due to the multiple writing styles available to the art.

People who write poetry for the first time usually write from the top of their heads. This means, once inspiration hits them, they write down whatever they felt during that inspired moment in the simplest possible words that they could use. While this does not make for good poetry writing, this could be very well the base for a good poem.

Like all books and other reading material, poetry can only improve with rereading and some rewriting. Some of your emotions from that inspired moment may have been expressed accurately enough for you, however, to help it transcend into art, some careful scrutiny and deliberation may be needed to further complete your work of art.

While certain words may be accurate enough for the writer in terms of expressing the emotion they are trying to convey, this, however, does not ensure that the poem is good.

Here is where metaphors come into play. You can use certain comparisons to how you feel by pairing them off with things and happenings around you. For example, if you are feeling sad, you do not just write in your poem that you are feeling sad or there is sadness in you.

Try to find a phrase that can encompass what you feel without being too direct so as to leave the rest of the thinking to the imagination of your reader. A good comparison to the word sad would be dark or darkness. Another possible word you can use would be deep or depth.

These two word choices may not be totally negative or describe the word sad if taken all by itself, but combined with a few other words, you can artistically portray the feeling of sadness in your poem.

Not all poems are expressions of sadness and negativity, however, despite there being quite a number of them being created and having been created. This is not surprising since sorrow is a very strong emotion and writing can be quite an outlet for this feeling. Anger, as well, has found an outlet in putting pen to paper, along with confusion and even hate. More positive feelings are also common fodder for the poet, with the astounding number of love poetry that is available making this apparent. Other stronger emotions often used for poetry include happiness, and, well, the other predecessors and by-products of happiness.

Whatever the inspiration a person has for writing a poem or poems, poetry is indeed a literary art form that is, as indefinable as it is, something that a lot of us can do well, with a lot of feeling and some practice.

One of the rather useful tools to better yourself at poetry writing is your basic thesaurus. It offers you quite a few choices in terms of word selection to further express what you feel in your writing.

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Why not just send your manuscript directly to publishers? Writers ask companies to help them find publishers for their book projects all the time. The business of finding a publisher for your work is a multi-step process.

After your manuscript has been completed, edited, and formatted according to industry standards, the next step is to launch it properly into the world. Our advice–find a reputable agent first. Agents are the interim contact you need to connect your work to a publisher.

Keep in mind that agents do not want to deal with short works such as poetry and short stories. Agents work on commission, and there is no way to support themselves from sales of poetry and short fiction.

The majority of larger publishing houses no longer accept unagented submissions. It may seem a waste of time to query a large number of agents before querying publishers. However, this is a time-consuming, but very necessary, part of the submission process for book manuscripts.

If you want to get a good read, you’ll need an agent. Agents know what editors want. They spend much of their time cultivating relationships with acquisition editors. These are the folks who present books to their publishers for consideration.

Networking with editors is an important part of an agent’s job. Editors are happy to receive good manuscripts from agents. It saves them time.

Good agents will help negotiate a decent contract for you. This is their area of expertise. Publishers are interested in making money and taking care of their needs. Your agent will function as your advocate and make certain you receive a fair deal. If you don’t know about subsidiary rights and escalators, make sure an agent is on your side. Your agent will know which clauses are boilerplate and which may hurt your career. (Some people believe an attorney can replace an agent. Unless your attorney specializes in book contracts, find a good agent.) Because agents work on commission, they are interested in getting you the best deal.

Agents will monitor your royalty statements and help ensure that you receive prompt and proper payment. Most agents are paid 15% commission. A reputable agent should also provide you with copies of all rejection letters.

Do not begin querying agents until your book is complete. Unless you’re famous, agents won’t even read your query unless the book is ready to go. Nonfiction proposals are sometimes the exception to this rule. However, you’ll need to prove you can write the book, not just pitch it.

There are many people who advertise themselves as agents. Generally, they are NOT. Legitimate agents do not drum up business. There are literally tens of thousands of writers approaching a limited number of agents. They’ve got more work than they can handle. Your query packet must be perfect and represent you as a professional. It’s a difficult and time-consuming process, but there is no way around it. Get some professional help. Finding an agent need not be a daunting task.

If an agent requests money from you, run for the hills. Some expenses such as postage and copying costs are to be expected. However, over the years, unscrupulous people posing as literary agents have scammed would-be authors out of lots of money. Sometimes these scams are disguised as “editorial help.” Stay away. An agent should not insist that you have your manuscript doctored before agreeing to represent you.

Your agent should act in partnership with you throughout the publishing process. A good agent offering good advice is a wonderful asset. There is no better way to build your writing career.

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Some ballerina’s are so graceful that their movements are considered to be poetry in motion. The slight dip at the waist is a silent communiqu to another that they recognize their presence and are giving them a greeting. The passionate embraces that meld their bodies so tightly together give evidence to a passion that is bridled and unspoken. Ballet is poetry in perpetual motion that tells a story.

The poetic verses of a ballet might have been conveyed in a screenplay or taken from works of a master poet who created the poetic masterpiece centuries before. The words in the ballet are carefully choreographed movements instead of spoken word, where the tale emerges through the various acts. During each Act, the Director will use the motion of body and associated props to convey the message that was in the original poetry verses, screenplay, or novel.

Typically, many ballets are based on tragedies because people do not often find it necessary to express their joys in verses. The tragedies of lost loves or lost lives will typically lead to other people taking their own life. The poetry expressed on the stage will be far less poignant than the actual emotion that the writer felt when they comprised their words of love or emotion on paper so long ago.

Somebody must have been deeply touched by the poetry because they put the production of a screenplay into motion after they read it. They felt that the words were worthy enough to be expressed through the fluid movements of a ballet company up on stage. The coloring of the outfits and the dramatic stage props are clear evidence of the level of emotion that was derived from the poetic pieces of poetry that have probably been reread several times.

Every actor will place their own individual accent on the ballet performance. Their stance, their authentic appearance and the delivery of the poetic verses through bodily expressions will make a lasting impression on everyone in the audience. Some ballet performances are so breathtakingly beautiful and moving, that those women in the audience will have tears in their eyes before the last curtain drops.

This robust round of emotion is intensified by the orchestra throughout the performance of a ballet or play. Every poetic motion conveyed on stage is accented with the percussion instruments and most certainly the renderings of a sad violin or two. The dramas of the poetic illustrations on the stage are intensified by the resounding beat of drums and horns that cumulate into the background when a resounding round of applause is heard from the audience and everyone rises in a standing ovation.

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Some of the poetry for greeting cards was written with a certain person in mind. The poet might be a star crossed lover who has to put their heartfelt feelings on paper and the magic that is derived from the words they write serves to ignite feelings and emotions in any person who picks up the card and reads the words inside the cover of the card.

Other poetry for greeting cards are meant for amusement purposes only. People buy this type of greeting card when they want to take a whimsical approach at poking fun at a friend. The poetry inside the card might not have any rhyming set in the words but the laughter that the words cause lets the sender know that the message was delivered and understood.

As poets create the poetry for greeting cards, they may have to pause a moment to get themselves in the right mood to write them. Some greeting cards are to express sympathies for the death of a loved one and it takes the right mindset to create words of sympathy. A poet knows that some families will reflect on the words in the poem to find comfort and to remember the loved one that has passed away.

The poetry for greeting cards that are given in celebration of a birthday is varied. Some people poke fun through their words because someone in their life has reached the over the hill mark of 40. This type of poetry will serve as a reminder that even if the person is getting older, they are only getting better.

Some people need to feel lighthearted about reaching milestones in the aging process and the words of the greeting card may be pinned to an office cubicle wall all year long because the words on the greeting card were so sweet. The poetry for greeting cards can be serious, solemn or outrageously funny, and each of the greeting cards that are received for special occasions serve as personal reminders that they are special.

There is no format for poetry for greeting cards. Some greeting card companies prefer to use writers that have a certain sense of style and elegance, but they will also employ individuals who have a modern outlook to life. The market for greeting cards is just as individual as the people that receive a greeting card and a greeting company knows that they must have a varied assortment of cards for a customer to choose from.

Many greeting card companies will make envelopes that show the poetry for greeting cards in a special window that is built into the envelope. This open presentation is perfect for greeting cards that are used as gift cards and are placed on gift boxes and packages in envelopes that also match the color scheme of the celebration that they are being purchased for. Envelopes with lace imprints on it would be the perfect choice for weddings and anniversaries.

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Poetry is the mastery of words in all their variations and subtleies to express in an eloquent manner that which cannot be expressed in silence. Emotions of the heart, a looking glass into the soul, a way to make amends, and a way to build vistas exploring humanity and all it’s relationships. Poetry is all this an much more. Poetry is also much less, and in a more simplified manner, it is only words. Just words. But used in such a way, as to make us think and feel about others, events and things in a way we could never have imagined. Poetry cleanses, fortifies and inspiries the reader, while at the same time fuels the creative passions and allows for cathartic emotional release on the part of the writer. Poetry is powerful, poetry is petty, poetry is loving, and poetry is hateful. But above all, poetry is human, it is a reflection of of the human experience in all it’s glory and all it’s shame. But, it’s something else as well. It’s words.

It’s Only Words

Words are what define the internet. It’s not technology, it’s not servers, it’s not protocols, it’s not browser wars. The internet is made up of words. And words are poetry. So, is the internet poetry? In a sense yes. Sure it’s pictures to, but words were there long before there were pictures. An internet of pictures would be pretty, but it wouldn’t be poetry. It would be thousands of words yes, but what would it say? Words are a business now online. We bid on words, we sell words and information. We sell poetry. Entire industries have sprung up based solely on words. Google is in the word business, as is Yahoo, and MSN. But, these guys are no poets, and long before them their were others in the business of words.

Words Are All I Have

For generations, authors and poets have been in the business of words. For that matter musicians were to. Music is really just poetry with a beat. And these guys and girls have never really prospered from a financial perspective. Oh sure, a few like Shakespeare and Stephen King did pretty well. But just being the tip of the ice cube, there were countless thousands of creative literary genuises languashing in poverty. Starving artists include poets, writters, and musicians. But hey, it’s a new day, and all that can change. The internet has open the door for artists of all inkling to support themselves with their passions of calling. Few have taken up the guantlet though. Perhaps, for poets and the like, suffering for their art is core to their being. A cruel but inspiritional muse. Dosen’t have to be that way though. It’s time for the poets to embrace the world wide web, and voice their words to the masses. The internet is about words, and words are about poetry. Arise poets, your time has come. Write you poetic fools, write.

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