Wednesday 13 November 2013

Tips On Writing Joyful Poems

By Bonnie Contreras


There are many shapes that poetry can take, in technical form and in subject. Where some people will start writing without worry, others consider it a more difficult written medium to tackle. However, this does not necessarily need to be the case since no extensive knowledge is needed to write joyful poems. It can honestly be as easy as making yourself comfortable and putting your feelings to paper. You can put it into some kind of poetic form, later.

All you need to do know is to put yourself in front of a word processor or a piece of paper and then write. You can try and do this for a particular amount of time or you can keep working until you feel you are done. What is important, here, however, is that you continue without pausing or editing.

It does not matter, at this stage, if you make any mistakes or if anything does just not sound as good as you think it should. Once you are finished, your next step is to look over what you have written and make a note of anything that stands out to you. You can then go on to use these to prompt poems or to arrange them into one poem if that is what you want to do.

This exercise has helped you capture something important about your own feelings. This, in the end, will help you produce better content than trying to craft something that sounds like you think good poetry ought to be. This will help you put across what you want to say, as well as elicit an emotional response from your readers.

If you are more genuine in the words and phrases you choose, this will be more effective. There are more things to take into considering, here, though, to avoid your work turning out too bland. You probably already know that cliches should be avoided for those who want their work to sound original. If you have heard something too often, your reader will have, too.

Look over your notes and think of your own similes and metaphors. This can take more time, but doing it regularly will ensure that you become better at writing poetry and creating an image. Tackle individual cliches, if you want to, by looking at what they say and coming up with something new to say that.

You should also avoid being too sentimental because, while emotion is good, this is forced and too far. This emotion of yours should be genuine. It does not need to be forced into your poetry and doing so will mean that the reaction the readers have will be less personal. Abstract words are another thing that you should be mindful of, too. The impact of your poetry will be reduced since it is more tangible language that sets up the imagery.

Do not tell your readers you are happy or sad or angry, use concrete imagery to get that feeling across, instead. When you are writing your poem, do not worry too much about editing, yet, however. What matters, to begin with, is that you get something down. The most important thing after that, of course, is to start revising what you have written. Eventually, you will have written the first of many joyful poems to come.




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