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Dark Poets Society
“Just Write.”
The only way to become a writer is through writing. Uninhibited, the dark poet expresses through discovery, and open realm. Free from the social norm, and what we're taught writing "should be", the dark poet writes.
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Group Owner: EsReverniDrawrof
Category: Entertainment & Art
Date Formed: 2008-06-25 10:24:58
Members: 157
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We are writers with a better view. We illuminate from behind shadows. Labeled dark, we are enlightened. When they say "others", they mean us. We are a great many things, and many things that are great. Who are we?
Dark Poets Society
You remember that in grade school we're taught writing is constructed from 5 parts or a structure. That it's spelling, grammar, and vocabulary.Suddenly you're frozen by basic fundamentals.
Or perhaps "getting there" wasn't a problem. You have pages and pages with thousands of words of free flowing thought, unabashed expression, and candid reflection. You recall sharing a piece you are particularly proud of with your mom or a friend, and heard "you can't write about that" or "that's a poem? It doesn't even rhyme" or "I don't get it."
While bricks are used to build a house, they do not make a home.In a sense the same goes for writing. What we are taught it "should be", is only the foundation of writing. Think of it as a tool for seeing yourself and the world around you. Writing is ideas, sounds, smells, feelings, dreams, people, places, fantasies. Writing is whatever you make it. Writing is __________________________.
A dark society, does not entirely mean an evil one, per se. The dark poet (or writer rather) does not only write about death, gloom and doom. A dark poets society is not completely made up of depressed, sadistic, or insane writers. However, all of the aforementioned may exist, its only a part of what we mean by "dark". It's true that what inst considered "normal" gravitates here, and we welcome it. What seeks comfort in the shadows we embrace. We provide a platform for writers to express them selves and be heard without ridicule. This is a place where our work is read without judgment, nor bias. A place where we are not told we can't reveal a piece of our soul. Our exposed soul is not picked a part, and more often than not, someone does "get it".
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You remember that in grade school we're taught writing is constructed from 5 parts or a structure. That it's spelling, grammar, and vocabulary.Suddenly you're frozen by basic fundamentals.
Or perhaps "getting there" wasn't a problem. You have pages and pages with thousands of words of free flowing thought, unabashed expression, and candid reflection. You recall sharing a piece you are particularly proud of with your mom or a friend, and heard "you can't write about that" or "that's a poem? It doesn't even rhyme" or "I don't get it."
While bricks are used to build a house, they do not make a home.In a sense the same goes for writing. What we are taught it "should be", is only the foundation of writing. Think of it as a tool for seeing yourself and the world around you. Writing is ideas, sounds, smells, feelings, dreams, people, places, fantasies. Writing is whatever you make it. Writing is __________________________.
A dark society, does not entirely mean an evil one, per se. The dark poet (or writer rather) does not only write about death, gloom and doom. A dark poets society is not completely made up of depressed, sadistic, or insane writers. However, all of the aforementioned may exist, its only a part of what we mean by "dark". It's true that what inst considered "normal" gravitates here, and we welcome it. What seeks comfort in the shadows we embrace. We provide a platform for writers to express them selves and be heard without ridicule. This is a place where our work is read without judgment, nor bias. A place where we are not told we can't reveal a piece of our soul. Our exposed soul is not picked a part, and more often than not, someone does "get it".
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