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  1. At least at last you know

  2. always struggle

  3. all i do is study

  4. begin again

  5. brain cracks and fractures into peices

  6. brothers

  7. collective root

  8. created from chaos

  9. cause i can't make u

  10. comunication

  11. day by day

  12. don't give up

  13. each day just flows

  14. feel like writing

  15. fuckit murder and violence

  16. how do u make sense of

  17. how u gonna

  18. i am nothing here

  19. i knew

  20. i don't know what i did

  21. i pleaded

  22. it's safe to say

  23. it doesn't even matter

  24. if ur trying

  25. it's like your

  26. if words are nothing

  27. i couldn't comprehend

  28. i gotta do this

  29. i'm pretty sure

  30. i swear theres

  31. it's something like a law

  32. i hate my life

  33. if i should die

  34. i'm pretty sure

  35. it was nothing

  36. if ur gonna

  37. is this really

  38. i'm trying (so) hard

  39. lucky enough

  40. maybe any minute

  41. so many scars

  42. sunlight on my face

  43. some days i just

  44. theres so much that i should have done

  45. theres aways something

  46. try and fight

  47. the clouds come kreeping

  48. time wasted

  49. these lyrics are a lie

  50. take it slow

  51. the manswere

  52. title page poem

  53. today all of

  54. though your just

  55. understand something

  56. unfamiliar faces

  57. what was it

  58. while we were

  59. we're all like

  60. we've all got

  61. you look at me

  62. you look for knowledge

  63. you've never lied to me

  64.  

KEY

 

BLUE = spell checked

 

RED = grammatized & ready 2 go

 

POETRY SELF EDITING CHECKLIST




Spelling and Grammar
__  Spelling  run a spell check to find the obvious misspellings
__  Homophones its/it's  your/you're  their/there/they're etc  
__  "Correct" Typos find words that are typos that spell check misses     
__  Grammar grammatical rules DO apply to poetry.  Break with caution!
__  Tense  don't flip between past and present tense without a reason
__  Punctuation  is your usage consistent throughout?  Overused?  

Filler Words
__  Prepositions  to, with, for, above etc
__  Pronouns  she, he, it, her, his, him etc
__  Conjunctions  but, and, or
__  Relative Pronouns which, that, who, whose etc
__  Auxiliary Verbs  is, are, was, would, could  etc
__  Redundancies  are there words you've used multiple times close together?
__  Vague Language generally nouns that refer to a broad type e.g. flowers, people, birds

Poetic Devices
__  Form  is your poem true to its form throughout?
__  Simile  check each simile to see if "like" and "as" can be deleted  
__  Metaphors  are yours trite or stale?
__  Rhyme  is it used effectively or does it detract?
__  Alliteration  do you have spots where this feels forced?
__  Line Breaks  are your lines broken with a purpose?
__  Stanzas  are they well organized for your needs?  Balanced?
__  Imagery  is it clear while remaining moving or powerful?

Last Step
__  New Eyes  is it time to have someone else look at it?

❏ Check spelling
❏ Check punctuation and capitalization (if you use them)
❏ Form (or shape) the poem
❏ Arrange the lines
❏ Choose words that fit the poem (especially
when making the poem rhyme)
Roses are red, Roses are red,
Violets are blue. Violets are blue.
I’m going to play I’m going to bring
baseball too! Some flowers for you.
❏ Ask yourself, “Does the poem make sense?”
❏ Ask yourself, “Did the poem say something in

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