In Love - Out of LoveWritten by Deepshikha Mohapatro
I am not asking you to believe every word that I say but listen to your heart and tell me if I am right or wrong. Poetry finds a new charm either when you are in love or out of love. Go back to that old crest bring out that old diary, turn through pages now do you remember when you had written those line. No matter how silly they are it must have been about something beautiful when you were in love with someone really charming. Don’t be shocked to find a few more lines on same person blaming him for all your tears.I don’t
| | Systematic Poetry Techniques - Part ThreeWritten by Steve Gillman
Have you ever read lyrics of a Simon and Garfunkle song? Pure poetry. Want to write poems like that? Start copying them. Let me explain.The Myth Of Creativity Creativity is somewhat of a myth. It isn't that it doesn't exist, but people's ideas about it are mis-informed. Many believe that to be creative is to come up with something completely new. There isn't an artist or inventor out there who has done this. Somebody had to write first four-line verse or haiku poem, right? Now is everyone that uses these forms an uncreative copy-cat? No, of course not. We must copy forms, general ideas and techniques, so why not do it more systematically? Poem Writing Tricks Copy a poem you like, and then play with elements. Part of beauty of a poem is in structure and rhythm. Why not insert your own words into that, to see what happens? Here is last part of a poem titled "Gratitude." It started by painting a picture of mountains,and then;
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