My favorite rhyming poet actually writes lyrics, but Bonfire of the Sanities is really good at those.

How about you?

i was a big fan of silence1 who unfortunately doesn't write anymore and has taken down some of her best work. the attitude within her work always astonishes me. i love love love end.or.fin who is so underrated but uses language in the most amazing of ways. pH 7 is one of my favourite works.

Nossovitzky who is a fellow sydney writer, has some great stuff for such a young girl as does another sydney girl euphemismsforlukewarmtragedies. finally i've always been inspired by second-hand-screamo, she's got some amazing stuff up.

He is that kind of a poet whose works leave you thinking. Many of his poems are amazing, and leave you breathless.

As for my favorite poem, I would have to say I do not have one. This is most likely because there are so many poems that surpass so many characteristics of that "favorite poem". However, I COULD say that many of Unready's poems are somewhere on the top of my "list".

I've recently come back on to FictionPress, and as I read through my previous favorite authors, some strike me as profound, while others seem to be ranty, angsty, and profane. Through this, I have come to the conclusion that I was more likely to enjoy the works of those that compliment and support, as opposed to those who 'flamed' me.

Regardless, Youneek has perhaps one of the best stories ever, accompanied by noteworthy poetry. Another poet, nanashi-04 is quite an accomplished haikuist. I recommend the two over the rest in my favorites.

And one writer that I've set myself to promoting is my friend elasticbobaturtle! Again, don't be deterred by the weird pen name. (Hehe.) And I don't like her writing just because she's my friend. She's really, really good. She uses analogies and synonyms and metaphors that I've never heard of, in a way that's so unique. One poem I like of hers is called Gazebo, I think. And her prose is a knock-out. Seriously, I like to think of her as the pivotal point of my writing. She really makes me want to improve.

I think what lots of kiddies on here forget though is structure. Have a clean structure, good punctuation, capitalisation and grammar and your poetry will improve tenfold. It's pretty much a fact.

is my favorite Freestyle so far, and IMHO my "Blood Stain'd Glory" isn't to shabby either. but I'll leave that to the critics.

On a seperate note I can't argue that good spelling and punctuation will hurt a good peom. I'm lazy and don't want to resubmit my stuff... but still most have little to no errors. Except commas, but it's poetry. In actuality some commas are optional. In those situations consistency is the key.

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