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Poetry Made Easy (Part One)- What Kinds of Short Poetry Forms Are There?

And how do you start writing them? Part 1: Haikus and Tankas. Imagine you were new to poetry and I just told you that the best way to learn a new artform is to challenge yourself, and that you should start by writing a sonnet. Your reaction might be one of two things: 1: Look up what a sonnet is and how to write one,