Hi. I really need help! I've written lots of stories and love doing it, but recently I've got into the "mood" of writing poetry, but I seem to be finding it quite hard! I have so many things that I am passionate about and want to write about but I just can't seem to get the words out to sound good, I end just writing loads of random sentences that mean nothing, but makes me emotional! I really need someones help!! Thanks xxx
Books are the carriers of civillisation- Henri "Papillon" Charriere
Well that's what I do...then I copy them into a notebook and pretend they are poems... I can't really help, I wouldnt be able to build a rule...I write what I feel but I dont follow any pattern or anything... And I've been 'dry' for ages now.Originally Posted by Rachy
dead on the inside, i've got nothing to prove
keep me alive and give me something to lose
I asked my friend google, it said that if you had a look for example here, you might find some useful tips
Found a glossary of poetic terms... not really sure how that could help you with writing other than knowing the possibilities you could chose from to use in a poem
A lecture with Margaret Atwood from '95 I think, haven't read it, but there might be something useful
A site that looks like it might contain some useful tips
Good luck
Last edited by Jay; 05-08-2005 at 03:45 PM.
I have a plan: attack!
Thank you guys so much! It's really weird though. It's like I've got writers block. I write stories as I said but I can't even finish them now it's getting so bad! I need to write poetry! Hehe.
Books are the carriers of civillisation- Henri "Papillon" Charriere
I have the same problem, I start a million stories and I have so many ideas but I can't finish any of them. Show us some of your 'random sentences' and we can tell you what we REALLY think.
I was really nervous when I first posted a poem here but I can't tell you how happy I am that I did! The people here have critizised and all that but, really, that's how you learn!
By the way, Jay I love the lecture you found
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
OK, I just randomly wrote these three down a second ago, I know they are rubbish anyways......
I remember the fairies,
My innocent child mind,
Flew away towards the forest,
Following the wings of magic,
Books are the carriers of civillisation- Henri "Papillon" Charriere
*Four
That's as far as I got before I got frustrated as I couldn't think of anything, you see I love fairies, reminds me of so many things!
Books are the carriers of civillisation- Henri "Papillon" Charriere
this is good, if you'd add more to it. And it makes sense!
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
You see, that's where my brain stops. I'm trying to think, it's just not coming to me!
Books are the carriers of civillisation- Henri "Papillon" Charriere
be patient, I have many pages of beginnings, then suddenly something comes to me and it fits in with something old.
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
OK thank you!
Books are the carriers of civillisation- Henri "Papillon" Charriere
Very interesting Margaret Atwood lecture, thanks, Jay.
A loooooong time ago, I posted an essay written by D.H. Lawrence, which served as an introduction to a collection of poetry by him. Other than differentiating the vast differences between free-verse and 'restricted' (rhyming) verse, he gives some very intriguing perspectives about poetry:
http://www.online-literature.com/for...ead.php?t=3282
Good luck!
Glad you guys liked it... now I actually want to read it as well
I have a plan: attack!
hi Rachy; i like faeries as well, nice to see you writing about them.
just my view: i don't think you need the comma at the end of the second line.
shh!!!
the air and water have been here a long time, and they are telling stories.
OK thank you hunni
Books are the carriers of civillisation- Henri "Papillon" Charriere
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