J. T. Whitehead
Over 125 poems by J.T. Whitehead have been accepted for print in over 60 publications and half a dozen short stories as well. Read J.T. Whitehead's poetry here.
Judging Poems
Soon we'll be posting the winners of the Eye On Life Poetry Contest for 2013. While you're waiting for the results we have a new poem
Read MoreJanuary and a Contest
As we enter the final days of January and the annual EOL Poetry Contest for 2013, we feature the poetry of Erren Geraud Kelly.
Read MoreEOL POETRY CONTEST 2012-2013
- First Prize: $100
- Second Prize: $50
- Third Prize: A Book of Poetry
Entries accepted November 15, 2012 through January 31, 2013. Winners announced in February, 2012.
Read MoreMeter in Poetry
In poetry, meter is a pattern of rhythm that poets use to help give their work better impact and make it more memorable to the reader and/or listener.
Form
Form is poetry’s container. Form can define a poem as a sonnet, sestina or villanelle, for example. Form can be to a poem as framing is to a house, defining shape and size and in the end providing spaces on which to hang your pretty pictures and shelves of stored knowledge, or in which to arrange the furniture for your scenes of comedy or drama. Any good decorator knows that the character of their work is defined by the space. So it often is with poetry.
Read MoreThe Unlicensed Poet 12.14.2012
Yes, the holiday season is a mishmash.
Read MoreImagery in Poetry
They say a picture paints a thousand words, but poems of a thousand words are fairly rare, especially in this age of never enough time. However, a poet can paint a picture with just a few words, thereby saving a thousand.
Read MoreNina Sokol
In her poems, Nina enjoys exploring the notion of gravity and how it affects our lives here on earth as opposed to the gravitational pull found on other planets, an interest to which, she has discovered, she always returns.
It is our pleasure to feature her work here at Eye On Life. Read MoreGoing Cold Turkey
Carol Hamilton is back with new poems apropos to the holiday season right out through New Years Day.
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