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What is Contemporary Poetry? Cotemporary poets adapt the ancient forms of verse to create a revolutionary piece of verbal art.   Authors are always trying new combinations of line length, interesting formats, and unique rhyming schemes to create these innovated poems. Thus, the evolution of contemporary poetry is never stagnant, it is always moving towards something new.             Rhyme doesn’t seem to be part of contemporary poetry; however it’s only full rhymes that aren’t part of modern poems. Poets tend to shy away from them because ‘it can be both stale and predictable’ (Keane, pg. 2). They’re predictable because poets have used them for 1000’s of years. According to Ezra Pound rhymes ‘must have in it some slight element of surprise’; which half-rhymes do because the rhyme is unexpected. Half-rhymes create movement and joins the stanzas together. Syllabic is one type of half-rhyme. It’s ‘a rhyme in which the last syllable of each word sounds the same but does not nec

 Author Paulette Mahurin took some time out of her busy schedule to do an interview with me! Enjoy. You can find out more about her book, right here : https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Persecution-of-Mildred-Dunlap-by-Paulette-Mahurin/118847341594558?ref=ts&fref=ts When did you realize you wanted to be a writer? When I was ten, my older brother was 18.That's when I began writing, that's also when he landed in a metal institution, diagnosed with schizophrenic. He was morbidly obese and severely bullied in Jr. High and High School, and had no friends. As a result of his obesity and mental illness, he had terrible body odor and was repulsive to be around. He was also inappropriate sexually in that he'd try to kiss female family members. I couldn't have   friends over, and as I result I didn't have friends outside of the family until I was in Jr. High School myself. I couldn't talk about it because I was so ashamed of being related to him that I d

The other day, after watching a Merlin fan video on Youtube, I read through the comments. A few people were talking about how Merlin changed their life. There was such respect and awe for this program. Before I continue with this entry, I must share what was said in the comments of this video (You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqz7oaTyAlQ&feature=share&list=UUmmZyOotBYjOoENaUX0oI8g ): TheLovelylostsoul said:   I was wondering if you could expand on this quote and idea to make it a longer video, to show that it really DOES exist, if in our hearts if nothing else. ??????? Just something I've always wanted from my really "Merlin is my life" Merlin vidders. Just to show that the legends do go on and effect us all, because I know I've been effected by this show. More than anything else. Misshobbity wrote: I agree wholeheartedly, I have never been more affected by anything, LOTR is the closest but Merlin has captured my heart like

Wandering with the Wendigo: North American Mythology in Genre Fiction by Chantal Boudreau Have you noticed the prevalence of the wendigo or the Sasquatch in fantasy or horror stories lately?   How about Raven or Coyote? Glooscap? Okay, that last one’s a little obscure if you’re not local. But, North American natives have a vibrant assortment of creatures and gods in their legends and lore, a treasure trove of tales to be tapped for source material to serve as the basis for genre fiction when you tire of zombies, werewolves and vampires, or have had enough of elves, dwarves and dragons.   Some of the more resourceful writers have recognized a means of offering recognizable monsters or heroes that are not the same-old-same-old fare that’s been appearing ad nauseum in typical paranormal stories. Look up wendigo at Amazon and you’ll find dozens of examples listed as science fiction, fantasy or horror, some of them referring to the Marvel comic book character, but many of t