Common Words

Yes, I also find myself favouring some words repeatedly in poems. They just seem to come naturally, or maybe I tend to write about the same themes. But I've found that published poets do it too, so it can't be bad!

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I tend to use the same words as well. It makes me crasy. I am new to poetry. I wrote poems as a teenager (who didn't) but I found most recently that I have to get pen and paper, or go on the computer to write down my thoughts. It's funny. I can close my eyes, and the words come to me. I don't know how good they are, but it helps to get all the thoughts running through my head OUT! Good luck!

I find myself using "prodigious" quite a bit, not in poetry but in everyday life, in congratulatory posts, and in my wip. It's a direct homage to my favorite author, Patrick O'Brian, whose series I am daily re-reading.