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I'd love to hear your thoughts. Could you elaborate?

@nathanhassallpoetry I have read some really good books that use metaphor, and some seem to have a poetic quality about them. I think that you mentioned that the meanings of our words can become more precise as well. Your poetry has good visuals that would help when putting on people's minds what is happening in a certain scenario.

Which books? Metaphor of course is a wonderful way we understand the world around us. We use them consistently in speech and writing and in our day to day. The poet tends to find new metaphors, to refresh the world around us. I speak more about this in my video "How to improve your poems" and will make metaphor specific videos in the future. Thank you for your words about my poetry visuals. Much more of them to come, too. Here's a link the mentioned vid: ua-cam.com/video/GZsCkC-xxQY/v-deo.htmlsi=fdFB6OIgysvKtcm6

@nathanhassallpoetry I can not say exactly all the books. Some classic authors include Joseph Conrad, Jack London, and Hemingway. There are some more recent writers such as Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, and Stephen King. I do read a lot of classic authors who make some reference to mythological figures such as Charles Dickens and Jane Austin, perhaps. It brings more depth to their stories. I am constantly reading. I will include others who come to mind. 😉

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I didn't know this was the term, but I understand that feeling well from my past. I'm glad you mentioned exercise, as it's more 'unorthodox' suggestion I would also give to poets to improve their work. There are many things, from endorphins, to information synthesis, to better health and energy, to confidence, and more. I see poetry (like other things in life) as a holistic practice. It's also a bodily art. We engage the body in the language we use. And also, yes on the ol' philosophers walk! It also allows us to be more in rhythm, and our brains hunger for rhythm, and are creatures of rhythm (hence metrical poetry, music, walking, heartbeats, dance, the cycles of the moon, female reproductive cycles, etc.). What do you think?

I agree, but to be fair, as someone who hangs with poets but took science classes in college, I think more scientists respect poetry than poets respect scientists. I can’t speak for the tech bros, 😂. In a sense I think a lot of poets would benefit in terms of “succinctness” and clarity if they cross-trained by learning a little bit about logic, mathematics, and the philosophy of language. If nothing else this would help them understand what’s really going on with modernism, postmodernism, and now post-postmodernism, and actually start taking the forefront in the arts, like they should, by grappling with he fundamental problems of language, communication, and artistic expression. Just a thought. 😂

​​@deforeestwright2469I agree with you, and there are certainly some scientists who respect and engage with poetry, and certainly some poets who respect and engage with science. In search of a deeper synthesis. Certain people in tech think in terms of faster = better. This is true SOMETIMES. Faster internet makes our life easier. Faster reading. . . Why? Slowing down and paying attention is essential to our cognition as well. One of the reasons music is enjoyable is because of silence. One of the reasons the dark can terrify and compel is because of light. And I agree, and must thank you for your guidance, that poets would deeply benefit from a stronger foothold in logic, philosophy, and understand our modern condition better, and see the deep engagement between more typically "rational" thinking and the intuitive, bodily, and imaginative impulse that poetry strikes us with. To understand the postmodern age that we live in, and not to resist its propensity to fragmentation but see that for what it is, and put the shards back together to bring forth unity or wholeness will help us take great strides forward in bringing our culture back to a more balanced state. My point remains, though: scientists who do not already would benefit from reading poetry more.

@@NosstheBoss Are you dancing it out?

Lovely comment. Thank you. I agree, we take the world for granted. Poetry is a way to refresh our senses and pay attention. To give the world new life through metaphor and imagination helps in our relating to the world. I'm so grateful that shorts are an option for some of my poems. I have much longer ones that'll take a large video for. We actually have a fully recorded poem meditation video, complete with an original prose poem I wrote, which we're going to post at the end of October. We've got a solid video backlog of plenty of poetry content coming up.

@@MrDoesntmatter Gotta find my shorter ones for it. Will be making longer poem content too but that'll be for the future. Stay tuned: lots of great videos to come.

@@MrDoesntmatter I'll do a full recording at some point, too.

@@TheSteinmetzen Thank you for your kindness! Part of my channel is to share everything I've learned. I've been writing and reading poetry for 17 years. I've got more videos about poetry craft coming up. I'm in the process of putting together a guide to help poets I'm going to send to people on my mailing list. I hope you write, and write often if possible.

UA-cam gush! 💜

I'm sure the speaker of the poem found it delicious 😉

Made more beautiful by being there with you. 💜

I'm not sure. It's hard to be into literature and not like the best of Yeats' work. People take issue with his occultism and association with magic the The Golden Dawn. But these helped him refine his understanding of symbols and the sheer power of symbolic language to create affect and transformation in the human psyche (and beyond). He's a marvellous poet.

Sure is. A wonderful film and a wonderful poet.

Appreciate your comment!

@@TheSteinmetzen interesting! I think some poets master that, if they use meter, or spacing in creative ways. Have you read W.S. Merwin? His later work has no punctuation but it is excellent, each line is where the pause is. Where are you based? Would love to have you at an event.

@nathanhassallpoetry I'm a bit shy, but it might be able to. I would have to practice for a day. I am located in Phoenix, Arizona.

@@TheSteinmetzen Quite far then! I'm out in Malibu. I went to Tuscan a few years ago and checked out the University of Arizona and spent time with my mum's great uncle for his 95th birthday. Love the cacti. You'd be most welcome at one of the events I host.

Thank you.

Always more to come!

Thank you! 🙏

Thrilled you got so much out of this and appreciate your wonderful comment, Wayne. Enriching our performance enriches our own and other people's lives. We are serving our audience.

Wonderful -- so glad to have you here and for you to share a draft in your second language. What is your first language? The winter tree being like a homeless woman's skin is intriguing. I want to hear more about why (in the poem) this comparison is made. But it's fun to read your initial excited energy burst. Thank you for sharing! I will be discussing more writer's, their works, and other tips in future videos. As for performing you poetry, I put up a video today about that here on UA-cam.

@@nathanhassallpoetry thank you ^^. I speak Dutch (from the Netherlands), so not very common/ no big reach on youtube for example if I would like to give it a try in Dutch. My English isn't fully up to English standards, I think and its way harder to be more playfull with meaning and words and still hit the right tone so people understand. So it feels a bit dounting as an absolute beginner. It sure has a good learning curve hihihi. Well the wrinkeld skin of old age does kinda look like bark sometimes, atleast to me. Especially when exposed to a harsh life filled with grieve, alcohol, drugs, smoking and alot of sunshine. The lines in the bark are unique to the tree and share a story, just like the wrinkles in ones face tell if you have laughed or cried more over a life time. This anology is also made in the movie phocohontas, grandmother tree. I kinda liked it, because wrinkles are a bit taboo in the west just like homeless people. The truth of life is litterly in our face standing before us and even when its hushed away it still excist. Society is detached of compassion, yet placed back into nature our disfunctional way is the only homeless one. Hahaha I don't blame you if you didn't read that into it! ;) I often get carried away in my symbolic language aspecially at night. 🤣 but hé it feels good and it gets me moving. 😅 Looking forward to your video's ^^

I practice poetry by recording them. I totally get it that we have a feel where voice inflection is working or where it is not. I used to be very sloppy with not pausing at commas (sometimes I still catch myself). Also, I used to pronounce 'and' 'n' , until a friend told me that's what annoyed him about my readings. The ability to take criticism well, is very important in learning, in my opinion. ;)

@@77eyestosee77 thank you for the terrific feedback. Props to my wife for the filming and excellent editing: she's a star. I am glad this was easy to follow and enlightening. We have some great new content coming up, having truly found our groove. Stay tuned 👀

@@nathanhassallpoetry you both deserve more views! Keep pushing through, this is good content!

​@@77eyestosee77Thank you. It'll happen! The content is there now finding the audience. Growth is starting to come faster and faster.

Thank you for commenting and saying!

He's got great insight. I write and edit sometimes over days, others over years. Different styles work for different people!

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Thank you!

Ah yes -- that's a Ybarra classic. I love it too. We just posted a Jubilations video where I'm reading with Ricardo -- he reads a great poem about naming guns.

@@nathanhassallpoetry I listen to poetry. I will check it out. Thank you.

​@@normamahns7184Great -- plenty of poetry on this UA-cam channel and plenty more to come. We'll (my wife and I) be uploading Ronald Kortge this month (Sept) and Robert Hass next month (Oct) as well as other poetry videos. Thank you for stopping by and commenting.

"Don't Hesitate" by Mary Oliver 😍

@@rachaelkraft9992 that is a great poem for sure. The last line especially. . .

Same here. Your message is so sweet. And you are the best wife, best friend, director, editor, organizer, website designer, and all round legend. Love you 🥰

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