Firstly all credit for this has to go to Yvonne. Inspired by Emily Dickinson she spun this web of thought into my mind and now I keep tugging at the string. I shall write an entire essay on the subject but for now just a mind dump to open the floor for thought and discussion. We know there are many ways to Rhyme words, perfect rhyme, assonance, slant, forced, many more terms and subcategories of rhyme. All of these rely on sound, but what about image? I don’t mean eye rhyme where the words look to rhyme, but the image the poem intends to display in the reader’s mind. The example Yvonne used is Young Lady / Old Woman. This juxtaposition, or association makes a visual echo, a rhyme of image.  Bud / Bloom / Petal  Electricity / Light Bulb Tyres / Road Trip / Gas Station Repetition of associated or interconnected images. If a term exists for this I was unable to find it but I would love to know.  What are some examples you have seen in the wild or used within your own works?

I know of plent of examples of poetry displayed with images, easy to do layouts those. But do people have examples of poetry displayed over images? I have written a poem for a mate as a gift and am displaying it over an image to have a poster board made for him for his office. I have a couple things I've tried but unsure if its the best way to go about it. I would love to see examples if anyone has come across good displays.

Watching movies often helps me to break free from a rutt. Often this is biographies of people over coming struggles or names who inspire. Other times it is fasinating visuals or keen language. I have thrown together a quick list that may help others of a similar mind. This is by no means complete, but a good fair list of biopics of poets and writers alike, who its based on in brackets, plus some other films that always awaken my mind. They are in no particular order. Feel free to suggest more. Bio films The End Of The Tour (2015) (David Wallace) Total Eclipse (1995)(Arthur Rimbaud) Sylvia (2003)(Sylvia Plath) The Edge of Love (2008)(Dylan Thomas ) Set Fire to the Stars (2015)(Dylan Thomas) Howl (2010)(Allen Ginsberg) Leopardi (2014)(Giacomo Leopardi) Barfly (1987) (Charles Bukowski) Papusza (2014)(Bronisława Wajs) Kill Your Darlings (2013)(Allen Ginsberg) Wilde (1998) (Oscar Wilde) A Quiet Passion (2016) (Emily Dickinson) Wild Nights With Emily (2019) (Emily Dickinson) Before Night Falls (2000) (Reinaldo Arenas) Neruda (2016)(Pablo Neruda) Il Postino (1995) (Pablo Neruda ) Bright Star (2009) (John Keats) Red Rose (2004) (Robert Burns) Benediction (2021) (Siegfried Sassoon) I Am Not Your Negro (2016) (James Baldwin) Finding Neverland (2004) (J. M. Barrie) Capote (2005)(Truman Capote) Miss Potter (2006)(Beatrix Potter) Tolkien(2019) (J.R.R. Tolkien) Shirley (2020) (Shirley Jackson) Mary Shelley (2017)(Mary Shelley) This Boy's Life (1993)(Tobias Wolff) Becoming Jane (2007)(Jane Austen) An Angel at My Table (1990)(Janet Frame) Iris (2001)(Iris Murdoch) Enid (2009) (Enid Blyton) The Colour of Pomegranates (1969)(Sayat Nova) American Splendor (2003)(Harvey Pekar) The Brontë Sisters(1979)(The Brontë Sisters) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)(Hunter S Thompson) Genius (2016) (Max Perkins/Thomas Wolfe) Frida (2002) (Frida Kahlo) Fictous poets/writers Paterson (2016) Poetic Justice (1993) Finding Forrester (2003) Roxanne (1987) Adaptation(2002) Midnight in Paris (2011) Ruby Sparks (2012) The Words (2012) The Secret Window (2004) Dead Poets Society (1989) Orphée (1950) Poetic experiance (amazing visual elements) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) The Fall (2006) Destino (2003) Tideland (2005) The Fountain (2006) The Tree of Life (2011) Brazil (1985) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) Stay (2005) Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021) The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Creative language Romeo + Juliet (1996) Brick (2005) Hamlet (2009)

I’m not sure which side of the fence I sit on with this topic. Poets or editors who include a small exposition with poems in collections. Sometimes its nice to know what the poet was thinking after I’ve read something, or a little history on the form or setting. After a Google session it seems the internet is fairly divided on this. What about the cove? Do you all like a little bit of history with your poems, or do you prefer to keep it open to interpretation, and why?