How could I write good poetry?

Question

Lately, I have a terrible writer's block. I can barely write anything, and on the lucky days when I have a spark of inspiration, my poetry lacks a lot of things- including good quality.

So how could I write good poetry? I don't want to give up writing poetry in general- It's one of several things I live for and I already been writing for 5 years....

Answer 1

I am going to give you the name of an author who's poetry is simple to read but so heart wrenching it gives new meaning to the word's passion,sorrow,pain,and love his name Kahlil Gibran get all of his book's that you can, He also has art work in it and he studied under the french artist Rodin.

One book in particular that I would recommend reading by him is

(The Broken Wing's).



I hope that this will be helpful and give you new insight and passion,love,pain and sorrow to add and give what you may be seeking for your poetry.

Answer 2

Many good answers above. If you are blocked writing poetry, then write prose. The thing about writer's block is not the lack of creativity. It's like a ball player in a slump. The more you worry, the worse it gets. Let go of any standards that you may have. Don't worry if what you are writing is the worst garbage in the world. If a thing is worth doing well, it's worth doing badly. You may have a lot more strikeouts than home runs, but you won't get to first base without taking a swing. And writing badly has an advantage over a batter's slump. Nobody has to see you do it.

Answer 3

When I have writer's block, it always helps me to read poetry. Either favorite poets, or ones I haven't read before. Sometimes, the images will suggest other images, the ideas will suggest other ideas, the rhythm will start rhythms in my head, or sometimes, I just want to argue with a poem's message.



The most important thing is to keep writing. Anything. If you're stuck, describe what you did yesterday or describe the view from the window, whatever. Just keep going and eventually you'll find yourself writing something that starts to come to life. When that happens, stay with it. Expand on the ideas. Ask yourself "What happens next?" "What happened before?" Write from the viewpoint of one of the other characters.



If you're writing a lot of bad stuff--so what? Every poet has written badly. Keep at it and you're sure to find something worthwhile emerging.

Answer 4

Writers Block is something that messes us ALL up, trust me, I've had it several times! What you can do is start writing a poem, and when writers block hits you, put it aside for later. Another thing is write EVERY thing you want to put in to the poem out, until finished, if it's not good enough, edit it, for example change words up, use bigger words, and eventually everything will coem to you. I use this webpage it helps me with a lot of things



http://rhyme.poetry.com



I use it when I can't rhyme things togehter, or when I just need an intelligent sounding word. DOn't let writers block stop you from producing wonderful pieces, keep tryin.

Answer 5

I was once in 6th grade while I began writing poetry. For a few intent, I was once going via a difficult time and that day my "buddy" was once simply being terrible... so I went residence and wrote a poem. It was once bizarre on account that my mother concept I was once dyslexic till I was once like eleven (I used to in no way learn). So that was once relatively my intro to literature. I've been studying and writing like loopy ever due to the fact. Lately I have not been writing. I feel it is on account that for the primary time in a whilst, I'm completely happy. And I simply do not understand how to jot down completely happy stuff. I think like I must be unhappy to jot down... which sucks. I wish I can begin up once more, however I do not know.

Answer 6

I have two methods I use to make poetry as an exercise. One is distillation. Example: Take what you wrote above. Chop off unnecessary words.

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Lately terrible writer's block can barely write lucky days inspiration lacks things good quality How can I write? I don't want to give up Several things I live for 5 years.

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Now I write:

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Lucky inspiration days

I lived those 5 years

How can I write? I don't want to give up.

terrible, terrible, I barely write.

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That is distillation.



The second is making doggerel sonnets (just to loosen up,) out of the same material:

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Lately, I am terribly blocked

Can barely write a phrase

Once my inspirations sparked

I miss those lucky days



My poetry has things lacking

including any quality.

I don't want to give up trying

So how could I write good poetry?



Writing poetry in general, It's

one of the things I live for

But now my tries are the pits

For five years I wrote before



I'll skip a stanza and save you time

And put an end to this awful rhyme.

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After that I usually feel inspired, or at least I can laugh at myself.

Good Luck and thanks for the question.

Answer 7

I don't write poetry. Poetry uses me as a channel- just a method of being expressed and released. The words flow easily from my hands as long as I do not resist.



Look at something that you feel strongly about and write. It doesn't matter if it rhymes, or flows, or looks even remotely like poetry. Shape it and add structure later. Add passion and confidence first.



Poetry is a great way to express what you mean. Not what your friends, school, or parents mean and want you to say. What do you feel like saying. If nothing comes to you, surf around the web. Answer other poetry questions on here, give suggestions and learn about what you like about others poems.

Answer 8

Sorry, I was in bed, it's 10am here.



Well, when I get stuck I just jot down phrases in the scruffy old notebook I carry around with me, playing with words, expressions, rhymes, mottoes, synonyms, puns, proverbs until something in the circling depths of what I laughingly call my mind goes "Aha!"



After that I go with the flow and see where it leads me.



Sometimes it is an external trigger such as a news report and I wonder about the story behind the story.



Good luck.

Answer 9

I find reading over my old work and editing can put me in a writing mood,also reading work of others,Try joining a poetry website such as www.allpoetry.com failing that you could try taking a poetry class or doing free writes(just write what ever is going though your mind for five minuets,even if it's just I don't know what to write)

good luck and hope you get your muse back soon

Answer 10

because there are only two things the typical poets wright about

1.stupid love poems

2.stupid dark poems

you need too wright about original things because original ideas never run

out

most poets suck because they are unoriginal

like every "poet" on yahoo answers

so start bieng interesting or you will never wright again

Answer 11

hard step. try searching in search engines like google. that will help!