Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Becoming The Poets Of Resistance

By Kevin Reed


There is so much power that is contained in words. People in the art world are the voices who can pass on the message to the government. It is the art that highlights all the wrong things happening in the world. Poets of resistance are a representation of the injustices happening and trying calling for change. It is something that comes naturally to most people.

Writing these words is simple considering the fact that one finds the right words to state what is happening. One thing you have to put into consideration is how to capture the feelings of the affected people. They need to feel like they belong and relate with the art once they read or hear it. They need to connect with the writer and words do it perfectly well.

Creativity is the key that everyone is looking forward to relating with your work. Using the commonly used terms makes people to lose interest in your work. They will not bother to internalize what you are trying to pass and in that process your message gets misplaced. The only way to have your message received and make sure people connect with you.

The reader needs to paint a picture in the mind of the reader by using fitting similes and metaphors just to keep the reader glued. Do not try to force the rhyme if it is not coming through just let it be. It is the dream of every person to keep their work sounding like a song so that people can remember. As long as the quality is still there do not force it.

Your work is not done until you feel you have exhausted pretty much everything. Once you write the first copy keep it for some days before checking it for corrections. If you focus on writing and publishing immediately there are some things you will miss. However keeping it for several days means that you are able to revise and publish best work ever.

Since there are other people who have written on this topic look for some of the best pieces online to be your samples. They give ideas on some of the best formats to use. Write with precaution putting into consideration that the words you use have strong meaning to the people. Make internet your friend if you are looking for guidelines.

Get someone to critic your work. They should tell you if you have fully stretched the truth or if there are things that you have sugarcoated. The point is to tell the truth at all cost so if you can go through each stanza with them you will figure out the parts that might not be working. Let it talk to all people no matter their stand when it comes to the issues you are highlighting.

A natural born writer knows how to make words move your heart. The form of art has been used in protests like in Black Lives Matter and Manchester bombings trying to highlight the things that have been so much ignored in the society. When these words are used correctly they bring the change that people are dying to see and that unheard voices can be listened to.




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