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    quick poetry

    i am in a blue period is it what i or you did
    my heart is open yet this mascarade is a fasade
    i choose to be broken please give me a token
    kudos to the one who mends me
    no patriotizm hear
    new but no fear
    my big bday is near
    time for high gear
    but what should i do to make it big
    i want to smoke my last cig however
    that's not going to happen!
    unless i get a test
    pick up the pieces to repair a mess
    says who woemn i have been true
    yet each day i am ignored
    i feel very bored
    time for a kingdom of hearts
    i will take care of you and
    hoard
    i wonder as i read sometimes carefully to take heed to a forshadow

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    It's very quick and I'm not overly fond of the rhyming scheme or the spelling. More importantly, the force of a poem can change through format. Let me give you an example.
    The first opening line is:
    i am in a blue period is it what i or you did

    Better to frame it like this:

    I am in a blue period.
    Is it what I (did) or you did?

    This way, you're making one powerful statement about your frame of mind and then asking a forceful question. They stand by themselves and catch the readers attention moreso than one continuous line which loses its power completely.

    Be conscious of this when writing poetry as you want your piece to pack as much punch as possible and format is one of the ways to do that.

    Good luck.
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