Discribe your poetry style if you have one

I recently added broken - reflexion and Bob shanks to my list of favourite poets on here.
Which is a big thing because I tend to write poems very rarely and post favourites even less so.

But it got me thinking that the reason I liked Bobs is the wonderful subjects and structures he has. And broken reflexion 's because they reminded me of a famous poet I like.

Its hard to classify your own poems, its like being asked at a job interview "how would a work collegue at a prevous job discribe you" and you get that blah blah ah feeling coming out of your mouth.

Ok here goes mine are usually personal and often angry emotional poems about things Im feeling then and there.

Do you have a style post here

I love songs with four-line stanzas, and a solid chorus.
and they usually are very dark-sounding and at the same time very spiritual.
but I haven't been on this site long enough to show you guys songs like that

but when it comes poetry, I have two ways.
free verse
good old A & B rhyming
and my poems are usually very very dramatic.
I like big words too, they're funn.

ohhh
and I absolutely love exclamation marks!!!!!

Metaphoric blah blah..compulsive word plotting, anti-capitalization, anti-rule following, passionate, way over emotional descriptions of concepts in general, in the hope that somehow in my twisted vision, a reader can translate my message and learn from the wrekage of my life both good & bad..

Throwing random free style words together. Yeah that's it.

I tend to write poetic prose and not really poetry, if one is trying to strictly categorize. My "Poems" are more like single or double paragraphs that read through poetically. Much like-Can't remember the author's name- the poem Walt Whitman in the Vegetable Aisle, or something like that.

I write whatever comes to mind, without a care...read my poems, and you'll see that i write for no one but myself..not trying to impress anybody.

^ me too lol

Self-loathing.

I'm a bit of everything. i don't limit myself

Four line stanzas. Usually ABAB, AABB, ABCB, or ABAC.

Usually about 3-5 stanza, occasionally the last stanza will be two lines (as opposed to my normal four) which are meant to add emphasis or add meaning to the poem.

I usually write about: war, love, loss, hatred, and how I or others have effed up.

Freestyle. Honesty.

I don't know my style but i write everything in my mind thats it

I prefer to rhyme.
But I don't have a style.
And sure as hell don't have form.

Im not sure actually, i just write it and then it goes on here.

I tend to do short, rhyming quatrains that are tight, focused, and hit fast because I feel they compliment my dark subjects in some way. Kind of hard to explain why.

I always joked my style was to have no style, but it's true in that I write in many different forms. I prefer free verse, though I've written quite a few rhyming pieces (which I first started with when very young but now I try to shy away from it). I've also written in some of the different forms- villanelles, rondeaus, haiku, pantoums, tanka, etc. I've also tried 'found' poetry and concrete poetry. And some experimental forms. I love surreal or abstract poems that allow the reader to view it much as a painting-everyone sees the same painting but each person can form their own individual meanings/feelings from it (which upon reflection I suppose free verse does also).
My mainstay will always be free verse. I like the freedom it allows and after writing it for so long I've realized that the poem seems to dictate it's own form/style/voice as I write it or revise it. I like deep thought pieces or intensely emotional poems (I've always used poetry is a form of self-therapy, to get the emotions out that threaten to explode within, but if I can touch the hearts and minds of the reader in some way, ahh, that is wonderful!). Usually I strive for emotions or a subtle message, imagery is a staple of most of my work (I've had 'zine editors accuse me of assaulting the reader with too many images in a poem, but hey, that's me). Though I have a few long pieces, most tend to be about average length, some very short. I like to find unique titles and I love a powerful ending.
I am always seeking to better my work by trying new things, or just trying to improve on what I already know.

Peace, Poetry & Power,

Gary Jurechka