Poetry Pitfalls or What Makes Bad Verse Worse (Essential Writers’ Guidebooks Book 3)

Seven Certain Pitfalls To Sidestep: 1. Accessibility. Don’t make your files hard for people to read. Avoid docx. If submitting online, paste your poem in the body of the email as well as in a doc or pdf attachment. 2. Your title. Choosing an attractive title. 3. Free verse or traditional? 4. Point of view. Avoid using a third person viewpoint when a first would be more effective. 5. Opening and closing lines. 6. Watch your language. 7. False rhymes. The author is Chief Judge for three USA literary events, including the annual Tom Howard Poetry Prize for Verse in All Styles and Genres. (2,100 words).