How to write a good poem

I think you need the heart to write..what i do to write is i just delve deep into my inner emotions and write what i feel whether bad or good.

To write a good poem, you shouldn't worry too much about rhyming, rhyming makes you lie. Nobody ever wrote poetry because they were happy so if you are ever upset or in a bad situation, just write. And if you write something, write it down and keep it in a drawer for 2 weeks, do not take it out or look at it at all. Once you take it out, read it.. you will be able to tell if you like it or not.

Nobody ever wrote poetry because they were happy

rhyming makes you lie

I could not disagree more more with both statements. Most of my poems have been written while I was happy. And none of my rhymes are lies.

I agree, rhyming does not make you lie...it might make you think...and besides, who said poetry had to be true? Is fiction a lie?

Hmmm... true.
Some poems I have written are about situations I haven't been through but I feel that I can write about something by feeling what other peoples have felt and describing it in my own way.

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Exactly Charlene! Lots of people feel that you can't write a decent poem if you haven't actually been through the situation. My "Jennifer"series of poems are about my cousin that died... sure I did go through it too... but I wrote poems from her mom's point of view, from her dad's point of view..and even from HER point of view. It's called "Imagination"....you can write about something if you simply imagine yourself going through it...

me I always write straight through my emotions and people always say something nice about what I write

I think you are right, when you are heart broken or something, thats the best time when you can write a good poem. you usually have emotions running high and thats the time you can write a good poem.i think you dont have to worry much on the spelling and stuff since you can check it later. =D

i think this is rite but i also think that when you have had something realy good happen to you to thats when you can write a good poem too. but 1 things for shure dont try to write a poem when your bord it wont realy get you any where iv tryed lol
mazzy

A good poem has flow... or something to keep the reader interested constantly throughout the poem

When I write I try to put myself into another persons position. Usually that person is imaginary as well is the event. I picture myself as that person and then try to have their voice speak through me. When it comes to writing love poems...well...heh, that just comes straight from the heart.

I write what i feel..i write the thoughts in my head,