Written Tales

Ars Poetica — Taya Boyles’s Short Essay - Written Tales

Death Fog by Karen Pierce Gonzalez - Written Tales https://writtentales.com/death-fog/

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My Wicked Words — N.J. Coleman’s Poem - Written Tales Words take shape as halos and horns, wandering the page, capable of harm or mercy, carrying voices they once had and choices they must make without divine control. https://writtentales.com/my-wicked-words/

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The Secret Ambitions of Heartleaf Vine — Gurupreet K Khalsa’s Poem - Written Tales A heartleaf vine climbs the pecan tree and drapes across the hedge, and its reach extends toward the house and windows, finding new surfaces to consume. https://writtentales.com/the-secret-ambitions-of-heartleaf-vine-a-poem-by-gurupreet-k-khalsa/

The #1 Key To Get Published, Be Patient — Article by Written Tales Written Tales steps through the long hours behind a publication—reading, editing, cover art, replies—and reminds writers that the silence while waiting is simply the work being done. https://writtentales.com/the-1-key-to-get-published-be-patient/

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I Will Talk If You Want to Listen by Jeral Williams - Written Tales https://writtentales.com/i-will-talk-if-you-want-to-listen/

Written Tales follows the Villanelle from early songs to modern poets, then pauses on its looping lines before inviting writers to try repeating what keeps returning to the page again. https://writtentales.com/meet-the-villanelle-poem/

Written Tales introduces the Ottava Rima, tracing its path from Italy through Spain and England, grounding the form in history while inviting writers back to the page to practice together. https://writtentales.com/meet-the-ottava-rima-poem/

Written Tales notes the early drafts arriving each week, familiar habits on the page, then gently urges writers beyond comfort to feel how form steadies even so-called free verse again. https://writtentales.com/writers-help-lets-begin-with-poetry/

Written Tales walks through the shape of a Tanka, lingering on its sensory openings and the pivot line that turns the poem, using a brief example to show how the form gathers its weight. https://writtentales.com/tanka-poems-how-to-write-them-with-examples/

This Written Tales feature introduces the quatrain—four lines, fifteen forms, infinite emotion. It is a frame for the rhythm of daily life and the sudden changes that shape our words. https://writtentales.com/meet-the-quatrain-poem/

Meet the Minute Poem — Article by Written Tales A brief, tight form takes shape through counted lines and steady rhythm, offering poets a small frame to work within while inviting members to share what those sixty measured seconds sparked. https://writtentales.com/meet-the-minute-poem-unique-brief-poetic-form-challenge/

The Quiet Anatomy — Topher Shields’s Poem - Written Tales Syllables surface where lungs collapse. Light sifts through silence. Something unnamed settles inside the scar, humming through marrow shaped by fracture, held quiet beneath the weight of what remains. https://writtentales.com/the-quiet-anatomy/

Love Song: A Poem of Friendship and Summer’s Gifts - Written Tales A fragrant tomato, rinsed in summer light, where friendship and nature mingle in everyday beauty. https://writtentales.com/love-song-a-poem-of-friendship-and-summers-gifts/