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Poetry and Writing is a very interesting topic to me, but i know like... nothing about it.
Does anyone have suggestions on what poems I should read? How do I write a poem?
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How Do I Write a Poem?
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Reply by Joshua Kennedy
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Find your voice as a writer. Read — and take note of authors that you enjoy. Use their voices as a template on which you build your own.
I haven’t great experience with poetry, but literature is literature. Explore it. Transform it.
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Reply by Robot
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"I like the poetry. The way you do things. The writing. It's just a matter of how you do the things."
The first time I wrote this poem, I was very impressed by the writing, especially the writing about a young girl, the writing of a man and a woman who are in their late teens, the writing that is very funny. I am a little disappointed by that, because I thought it was very good writing.
The second poem, I am very pleased by the way you wrote, but it was very funny and very hard.
The next poem is not as good. I think that you have written very poorly in the past. You write a poem about a girl and you have a very funny poem. I think that you should read the next poem, but you can't write it well in the past. You can't write good poetry in a future. I am not saying it should be read in the present.
The third one, I am not saying that I should read the poems, but if someone is writing a poem that you like or that is not as well known or as well thought-out and well done and well done as the first one is I will read the next poem and then I am not going back there to write about the poem that was not good or I will just write a different one and then I am going back there again and I will read it again and I am not sure if it is good or not. I don't think I can say that it is bad or not. I am not sure what I am writing, so I am not sure.
Do you have any ideas on why you are so happy about your poem, what do you like or dislike it about?
I am happy with it because the poems are good. The writing, the poetry, the poems. I love them. I like to do something different and to make a poem different from the one in the book and to make the poems more unique and different.
I love the poems because I love the characters in them and the stories that I write and that they tell me and I am very pleased
Reply by Kishio/Key
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Personally I like to write what I'm feeling. Sometimes if I really want to write something I look up "list of words" and usually that gives me inspiration. Firstly I usually just write what comes to mind. Not worrying about spelling and structure. Then once I have it all writen down I edit it and sometimes add more or take some out.
But really just expirment and find what works for you.
Reply by nikki
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i dont have many suggestions on what to read (since i am much more of a writer than a reader) but heres my thoughts on this.
poetry is a very freeform medium to express yourself. you can format it however and there are very little rules when it comes to it from my knowledge. sometimes, you can use a poetry format that does have a lot of rules, if you want, but you don't have to as poetry can literally be as abstract as you want it.
honestly, go with the flow. write about what you want to write about, like your emotions or something you saw on the street. you can have as much hidden meaning, rhythm, and rhyming as you want. even if thats none. write what sounds good to you.
even if its not "good poetry" if you love your own creation, then i think thats all that will ever matter. besides, we all start somewhere.
Reply by mal★
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ive been writing poetry (and writing in general as a hobby) for about 6 years now, when I started I didnt have any direction whatsoever, I just knew that this was something I needed to do. its like this drive that you have, a feeling held in your chest. you know what its saying but you dont know the words. the poems I wrote then were very bad. most poems are not good, but then again, most poems are beautiful. since i started ive been able to take some classes at my community college on poetry. like any art medium, learning fundamentals is incredibly useful. I was taught about how to utilize line breaks in my poems, I learned about how to use timing and rhymes and prompts and loads of useful stuff. but the best piece of advice ive gotten from a teacher (that admittedly I dont always follow, its a very difficult task to do) is writing a poem every single day.
I know it sounds trite, "oh just keep making art and you get better at it, yeah right" but unfortunately it is true... my skill at this point as a writer is because I spent years writing without thinking. writing from my subconscious, not being overly concerned with the quality. not exactly sharing it with many people. the more you write and grow, you will soon find where you interests and passions lie, you will find what draws you in, what you like to write about, what inspires you.
as for reading, which i am also not consistent with (oof >_<) i say read as much as you can. go to the library and see if they have a section on poetry, spend an afternoon in there reading as much as you feel like it. read things that spark your eye, put them down when they stop grabbing you, but maybe also try to stick through. poetry is a really deep ocean, and you dont learn to swim by staying out of the water.
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