Poetry is a hidden skill which can be exhibited if we consciously try it.
You can discover the poet in you by adopting the following 12 easy steps.
You can discover the poet in you by adopting the following 12 easy steps.
- Read and listen: Get inspired by reading and listening to the works of poets you admire.
- Get the spirit: What you feel or dream about anything or nothing around your can be jotted down in a few lines.
This seems to come out of nowhere which is usually called 'inspiration', and the remainder of the poem need only be written around it. - Determine the Purpose: Think about why you are writing your poem and then proceed in your writing accordingly.
- Decide the style that suits your subject.
There are different poetic styles like free verse, haiku, sonnet, etc.. - Get Involved: Try to fit into a particular scene or situation you want to write about.
The natural scenery may inspire few lines, even if they're not perfect. - Read out: Always write and edit your poem, read it aloud and listen to how it sounds.
This will enable you to refine the depth and style of your poem. - Choose words: It's said that if a novel is "words in the best order," then a poem is "the best words in the best order.
" Some words will fit together perfectly, and some won't.
You keep working at your poem until a strong structure of words is built. - Deliver substance: Your poem should appeal to the senses to make the reader fully immersed in it while conveying the message lucidly.
- Use poetic devices to enhance your poem's beauty and meaning.
The most popular poetic device is rhyme.
Other poetic devices include meter, metaphor, assonance, alliteration, and repetition. - Add a "twist" to the end of the poem.
Save your most powerful message or insight for the end of your poem.
Provide the reader something to think about, something to dwell on after reading your poem. - Edit your poem.
When the basic poem is written, set it aside for a while and then read the poem out loud to you.
Go through it and balance the choice of words with the rhythm.
Take out unnecessary words and replace imagery that isn't working. - Share your work.
It's hard to detect any defects in one' own work.
So try to get some friends or a poetry group (there are plenty online) to look at your poem for you.
You may not like all their suggestions, and you don't have to take any of them, but you might find some insight that will make your poem better.
Feedback is good.
Filter their responses, heeding and ignoring, then edit as you see fit.