Group Forums
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The Quill: Writer's Guild Message BoardNew Members information: And where you can tell the group about yourself. This also where you can have General topics Discussed |
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There are new posts Laying out the welcome mat!Tell us about you: |
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Reference Desk
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Book StoreAny Reference that can help a writer with his/her story or help them in their craft |
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Read any good books lately?This is where you tell the group about you favorite Author or book! |
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There are new posts PublishersAny information on publishing welcome here |
1 | 1 | 2008-04-06 18:50:03 by Lady Donegan |
Coffee House
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There are new posts Insperational/LifePoetry That inspires and expresses what the poet is facing in life! |
2 | 3 | 2008-08-25 16:58:30 by Lady Donegan |
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There are new posts Romance and RelationshipsThis forum is a place to express the good the bad and the ugly about relationships |
1 | 1 | 2008-08-13 09:27:21 by Lady Donegan |
HaikuFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Haiku (俳句, Haiku?) is a kind of Japanese poetry. It was given this name in the late 19th century by Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki from a combination of the older hokku (発句, hokku?) and the haikai (or verses) in haikai no renga. Haiku, when known as hokku were the opening verses of a linked verse form, haikai no renga. In Japanese, hokku and haiku are traditionally printed in one vertical line (though in handwritten form they may be in any reasonable number of lines). In English, haiku are written in three lines to equate to the three parts of a haiku in Japanese that traditionally consist of five, seven, and then five on (the Japanese count sounds, not syllables; for example, the word "haiku" itself counts as three sounds in Japanese (ha-i-ku), but two syllables in English (hai-ku), and writing seventeen syllables in English produces a poem that is actually quite a bit longer, with more content, than a haiku in Japanese). The kireji (cutting word or pause) usually comes at the end of either the first or second line. A haiku traditionally contains a kigo (season word) which symbolizes or intimates the season in which the poem is set with some reference to the natural world. Because Japanese nouns do not have different singular and plural forms, "haiku" is usually used as both a singular and plural noun in English as well. Practising haiku poets and translators refer to "many haiku" rather than "haikus". Senry is a similar poetry form that emphasizes irony, satire, humor, and human foibles instead of seasons, and may or may not have kigo or kireji. |
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Beat PoetryTo all the Jack Kerouac's and Allen Ginsberg's This place was made for you! |
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Passing The Story Stick:
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Historical fictionAny tale that has a bit of history any length |
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Romance: SweetSWEET: behind-closed-doors sex and/or very mild love scenes and sexual encounters |
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Romance: SENSUALSENSUAL: love scenes comparative to most romance novels published today 17+ age |
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Romance: Spicy 21+ ageSPICY: heavy sexual tension; graphic details and more sexual encounters |
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Romance:CARNAL 21+CARNAL: graphic sex and language; may be offensive to delicate readers; contains many sexual encounters and can include unconventional sex not normally found in romance; may or may not be romance; typically known as erotica |
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Sci-Fi FantasySpaceships, forgotten lands, and more go here! |
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Horror 21+Vampires zombies, and more go here |
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MysteriesMurder, Mayhem and more go here |
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There are new posts Tales In TwilightStories that aren't really horror, but do have a creepy factor to them! Think of Twilight zone and Night Gallery |
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Children storiesplease label the age on the story |
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