Writing Help Writing Poetry

[Moi]

I am wanting now to write poetry, because I love the art, but I need help getting started. I've read how to do it, but it is so complicated, or at least I can't think of what to write. Can someone please help me write poems, or at least get something written down? I'd appreciate any help I can get, thank you. I want really to write a poem for this girl I love.

-Ville ;)

[DeadSeraphim]

[COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]This is in the wrong forum, but eh. I suspect it'll be moved eventually anyway, lol.

I don't think there's any definite way to write poetry, it's more of a personal thing. You just have to be able to convey your feelings in a form you feel is poetic. It doesn't even have to rhyme, either, but it's a personal choice whether you rhyme or not. I prefer rhyme in my poems, heh.

There's lots of methods in which you can write them (haiku, sonnet etc etc), just find one that suits you. And don't try and force it, you can get some truely horrible poetry that way, lol.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Moi]

Actually, this forum could work well, so please don't criticize my decision. The OB Anthology said it was for discussing your favorite poetry, novels, or fanfiction, not for advising people on writing. thanks.

-ville

[ice-kitsune]

okay well if it's a love poem you want, then here goes. it all really depends on how you feel about her and what you might want to say to her. also it depends on the type of guy you are. here's a example of some thing though it's probably terrible, don't make fun

walking along
with no one here
yet out of the darkness
you come near

then at first sight
i shy from your eyes
yet as time passes
my love flies

i realize my feelings
knew and strange
this tingling sensation
sits out of range

your smiles are warming
your voice is soft
your presence is soothing
though its not enough

wish to love you
always be free
being right by you
filled with glee

:sweat: yeah it's lame, i just thought of it from the top of my head. -.-' that's it, i can never show my face here again... well technically not my face, but whatever. this is more of the sappy type of guy poem... i guess... so yeah it all really depends on how youd like your peom to sound. ^^

[Lady Asphyxia]

[QUOTE=Moi]Actually, this forum could work well, so please don't criticize my decision. The OB Anthology said it was for discussing your favorite poetry, novels, or fanfiction, not for advising people on writing. thanks.

-ville[/QUOTE]
[font=Verdana][size=1]Actually, OB Anthology is for anything to do with writing or creative literature. ^_^ [/size][/font]
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[font=Verdana][size=1]Basically, with writing, you just have to say what you feel. If your first poems are crap, thats okay, because you were feeling it at the time -- besides which, [i]everyone's[/i] first poems are crap![/size][/font]
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[font=Verdana][size=1]So, yeah. Just write from the heart, and with practice you can only improve. [/size][/font]

[font=Verdana][size=1]Also, sometimes it's good to decide a topic before you start to write the poem. If it's being in love, you coudl describe the emotion and how it makes you feel, or compare it to something and so on.[/size][/font]

[Guest Dyll]

ok, i have most of a poem, but cant think of what to write in one spot... after 2-3 months of sleeping on it...

k, background: im 15 and im friends with the girl i like, and i KNOW she is the girl i want to marry... but im 15, im not gonna date, so its kinda about my position w/our relationship, or something. i want to give her something sweet, or at least finish this poem for myself... anyway, here it goes:

[UNTITLED]

One day at school, I tell her goodbye
And she goes to class.
A kid comes up and asks,
"Who is that?"
And I think
Who is she
Really, to me?

She is the girl I don't know
What to give:
(something, something
something, something) i.e. chocolates, smiles, a photo, (something sweet here)
But all that I need
From her
Is her smile
Her laugh
The giggle that reminds me
Why I do the same...

And I tell the kid,
"She's my friend"

so i am pretty satisfied with the other parts (AHEM! please critique)
but any suggestions on the unknowns in the middle?
thanks for the help

[2010DigitalBoy]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]Trust me, the art of poetry is an art that takes time to fully master or even truly grasp. Start be writing lines on paper. You'll get hooked in no time.

Personally, as one who has written a good thousand bad poems, I think it's all about finding your style, knowing your emotions, and letting your spirit flow. You aren't writing a poem, you're experiencing it. master that, and you'll become good. You can always become better.[/COLOR]