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Why it Meters is a down-to-earth poetic platform and blog designed to integrate the oft isolate sonneteering community. Here you'll find resources where we can collectively refine our craft and aid in the development of aspiring bards. Let's begin writing, shall we?

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"That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse"

Walt Whitman

Verse-By-Verse | Finding a New Way Home Lyrics | How to Write Your First Poem/Song Mini-Series

Why It Meters

Mar 27, 2021
2 min

Verse-By-Verse | Finding a New Way Home Lyrics | How to Write Your First Poem/Song Mini-Series

It was a long and winding road, but alas! We've made it back ashore. Attached below is the Audio and YouTube links, along with the...

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Verse-By-Verse | Finding a New Way Home | How to Write Your First Poem/Song Mini-Series

Why It Meters

Mar 26, 2021
1 min

Verse-By-Verse | Finding a New Way Home | How to Write Your First Poem/Song Mini-Series

At long last! The product of our effort and creativity spanning three episodes has come to fruition. Listen to the musical culmination of...

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Verse-By-Verse | Poetry gone Singing | How to Write Your First Poem/Song Mini-Series

Why It Meters

Mar 16, 2021
1 min

Verse-By-Verse | Poetry gone Singing | How to Write Your First Poem/Song Mini-Series

Have you ever wanted to write a poem or song but never knew how or where to start? Well, that's where we come in; available both through...

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Why It Meters

Feb 23, 2021
4 min

Sleepy Affair - Why It Meters | Poetry Analysis | Free Verse

Wondering how to write a vers libre or just have a penchant for poetry? We thought so - let's take a look at WhyItMeter's most recent...

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Spring Cleaning Sonnet Gleaning - Poetry Contest | Sonnet

Why It Meters

Feb 15, 2021
1 min

Spring Cleaning Sonnet Gleaning - Poetry Contest | Sonnet

For this month's poetry competition, I invite all fellow poets to clean out those attics and transfer those dust-collecting artifacts...

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Why It Meters

Jan 24, 2021
4 min

Cabo Canto - Why It Meters | Poetry Analysis | Sonnet

Poetry not only serves a personal purpose but can also help share unsung stories and enfranchise underrepresented voices. As part of a...

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Why It Meters

Jan 23, 2021
1 min

Why It Meters Podcast Now Available!

Whether you're on the go or at home, you can now hone your inner poet just the same! Hoping to dispel Poetry's pedantic reputation and...

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Why It Meters

Jan 17, 2021
1 min

Auld Lang Rhyme - Poetry Contest

When following an atypical year, it's always a good idea to go into January 1st with a fresh start and a new tradition. Poetry can help...

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Holiday Haiku Hullabaloo Contest | Poetry Contest

Why It Meters

Nov 30, 2020
1 min

Holiday Haiku Hullabaloo Contest | Poetry Contest

Poetry helps us share stories and connect. With such an unorthodox year, let's celebrate the holidays with a new gift giving tradition,...

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Why It Meters

Nov 1, 2020
1 min

Political Poetry Contest

Nothing gets more political that poetry! With election day right around the corner, I challenge you to write at least one political poem...

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Why It Meters

Sep 10, 2020
1 min

Why It Meters - Clouds Enshroud Chains | Poetry Analysis | Petrarchan Sonnet

Poetry doesn't have to be reserved to the pretentious. Check out the first poem that I ever created attached below. Boy! was that a mess...

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Why It Meters

Aug 7, 2020
2 min

Poetry for Pinheads

Now, I know what you're thinking - poetry, great... that most pretentious corner of literature where old men and women write about why we...

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