My name is Paul McCann and I have been writing poetry for over forty years. I would like to share with you some of the experience with my poetry. The guidelines I am presenting on this web site are useful tools that will give your poetry depth and inspiration.

Poetry is a disciplined expression of the written word and the use of structures provide the tools of trade of poetry writing. Poetry structures have a set of rhyming patterns, metre, grammar and imagery. Looking back into the mists of time the origins of poetry began with structures and poets today are still following these guidelines.

The strength of poetry is having both the knowledge of structure and the ability to adapt these structures to create new forms .