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How-tos for all things poetry; learn how to analyze a poem, construct a haiko, differentiate between a metaphor and simile and more.

How To Write A Love Poem?
Step 1: Don’t write a love poem Love is one of the most common themes of poetry, which makes it one of the most difficult to write about. Nearly everything to be said and written about love has already been saying and written, many times over. The greatest masters of lyric and poetry have tackled this theme again and again. But don’t be discouraged. You can still write a good, unique, original love poem. But first you must push the generic idea of the "love poem" out of your head. Forget it entirely. Focus on what it is specifically about love that you want to write. Write about a person, an experience, any knowledge you have gained from your own life, and how this relates to love. Writing directly about capital-L Love is too vague, too general for all but the most skilled of poets. If you come at it from another angle, you’ll find it much easier to capture.
By Sal Tori3 years ago in Poets
Nourishing Short Love Poems
There are times in your life when you just need to be taken care of. Nourished. Loved. Replenished. If you have a partner to support you, then that’s a great place to turn to. If you don’t, then you probably have good friends or family to turn to. But whether you do or you don’t, you can always find something to nourish you, inspire you, and to lift you back up. Heck, we live in the days of the internet and Google, do we not? So that’s why you’re here, to read some nourishing short love poems and love words to inspire you anew in your life.
By Shi Wei3 years ago in Poets
Crazy Short Love Poems
I would love to show you how to write crazy short love poems or any other combination of crazy love words. Why crazy? Well, I define crazy as anything out of the ordinary, anything out of the normal patterns you live your life. Crazy for me would be drinking a can of Pepsi. Crazy for other people might be becoming a Republican when they’ve been Democrat their whole lives.
By Shi Wei3 years ago in Poets
New me
small version converted into XL let's roll the new way new me let's go and see
By Schubert TALK LLC © KD3 years ago in Poets
Musical
Slip sliding, sometimes Even Gliding. Shifting weight and the open spaces, Punching the clock. Tag me in. I love to swim into your,
By Shane Harrington 3 years ago in Poets
Let Your Soul Lead The Way
To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don’t worry about darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. Napoleon Hill. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
By Filza Chaudhry3 years ago in Poets
Be The Epitome of Goodness & Greatness
What does a epitome mean? e•pit•o•me (ɪˈpɪt ə mi) n. 1. a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class; embodiment: She is the epitome of kindness.
By Filza Chaudhry3 years ago in Poets
Inviting My Demons to Tea
Sitting in my solitude…my safe haven…my room in the attic I contemplate all that life has shown me Stimulated my hidden beauty and creativity
By Filza Chaudhry3 years ago in Poets
Do you feel in a state of limbo?
Hey beautiful souls — How’s it going? Is your inner crescendo getting louder by the day? Is your 9 to 5 just not cutting your monthly pay?
By Filza Chaudhry3 years ago in Poets
Restless Nights At Times
Restless as the nights are dark. Hard to sleep when are troubled person like me has been restless. I look out rocking back and forth wondering why like is so hard.
By Emily Radford(Rising Phoenix)3 years ago in Poets
The Company of Myself
The joy of enjoying you, unapologetically taking time, time to be alone, alone in new environments, alone looking up at the stars,
By Charlotte Eden 3 years ago in Poets
APPEARANCES
APPEARANCES Her appearance in this life slipped past the conscious intention makers of the world, and instead,
By Melissa Ireland3 years ago in Poets