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juicyjossy9 said:
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Hi Toby dear,
First of all, thanks for the honor to assist you in writing poetry. I’m so glad you are into this. It is such a bottomless well of awesome amazement.
As to how to describe it, poetry is a matter of feelings, emotions and heartbeats. Cherry and Irena said it all and very well!
But what I can assist you with is a very interesting “guide” I was given by my literature teacher in my young teens, when I started writing poetry seriously. Up to this day, I always referred to it. I think it could be of some help to you too…
So here it is:
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WRITING POETRY: HOW TO WRITE A POEM
Want to know how to go about writing a poem? Read on…
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Writing poetry is quite a daunting task. It sounds easy at the outset, but when one gets down to it, it becomes more and more complicated. Some of us can go ahead and create a magical flow with words quite easily, while it is a long-winded and onerous task for others. Needless to say, when one contemplates writing poetry, one must be up to the challenge.
There are several things that one must consider while wondering how to write poetry. Here is a list of things to think about that, hopefully, will make the process easier for you.
THE SUBJECT:
Commonly known as the ‘Theme’ of the poem, this is the important starting point and central point of your work. What is the poem all about? What are you trying to get across to the world at large, via your poem? Is it a story, an experience, a description of events, or a description of a place?
An interesting way to take the jump from this point is writing down the words, phrases or sentences that come to your mind when you are thinking about the subject or the theme of your poem. Don’t worry if nothing sounds or feels right, just write it down for now.
THE FEELING:
A poem, no matter how descriptive it may be, is not to be used to state the obvious. We all know that the grass is green, for example. What you need to express in your poem is what you felt when you saw the green grass. What emotions did it evoke within you? What were you going through at the time and how did seeing the green grass change or enhance your feelings at that moment of time? With your words, you have to convey what you feel or felt. The readers have to understand the depth of what you were going through. A poem is essentially about the emotions of the poet.
A way to get past the barrier of writing about emotions is to take ordinary things from your daily life and write down whatever ‘feeling’ words come to your mind when you see the object. Such a list will come in handy and is a good way to practice.
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