Post by Miles on Jun 12, 2014 14:20:16 GMT -5
If you are trying to write poetry and you struggle, I understand you. I have been there. Your poem feels inferior to other authors, and you don't take pride on having written it. But here comes reality: all poets started that way. No skill is done perfectly from the start, and you need to work for it to become greater, and most importantly, yours. But if you need a guiding hand, I may just have what you need here. Here is some of the ideas that made me see poetry in new ways, and to improve that of my own.
First of all you may want to stop writing for a moment. Relax and make a trip to a local library, get some poetry and READ. Not only English, anything you can get your hands on. Make notes. See rhythms you like, structures and rhyme structures.
Second, take a notepad and pencil or pen always. See things on Internet, go to nature, see monuments. Try to describe them and what you feel about them.
Third, experiment. Try styles of other authors and movements, like the Spanish Novecentismo, Catalan's Modernisme. Try a bit of everything, feel free to mix anything. Maybe some medieval poetry with futurism, or Baroque with haikus? Write about new topics such as war or philosophy. The limits are yours to choose.
Fourth, try finding your "poetic I". That is, your style, who you are when you write poetry. Maybe you make use of a certain symbolism of flowers, or a pattern of verses that is unique to you. When you get something you like, try writing more in this new style. Do leave room for experimentation, but with some ideas in your head, writing poetry should be easier, and experimentation comes naturally.
First of all you may want to stop writing for a moment. Relax and make a trip to a local library, get some poetry and READ. Not only English, anything you can get your hands on. Make notes. See rhythms you like, structures and rhyme structures.
Second, take a notepad and pencil or pen always. See things on Internet, go to nature, see monuments. Try to describe them and what you feel about them.
Third, experiment. Try styles of other authors and movements, like the Spanish Novecentismo, Catalan's Modernisme. Try a bit of everything, feel free to mix anything. Maybe some medieval poetry with futurism, or Baroque with haikus? Write about new topics such as war or philosophy. The limits are yours to choose.
Fourth, try finding your "poetic I". That is, your style, who you are when you write poetry. Maybe you make use of a certain symbolism of flowers, or a pattern of verses that is unique to you. When you get something you like, try writing more in this new style. Do leave room for experimentation, but with some ideas in your head, writing poetry should be easier, and experimentation comes naturally.
