Is it wrong to...

No because what ever your writing about has to come from somewere...influences

No, I don't see how that could be wrong. I write about things that I see in everyday life. Sometimes I even put myself in different situations like, homelesness and heartbreak, although I've never been in those situations. Sometimes I can depict how I would feel, and If I didn't do a good job the comments will show that. So I try to improve and look deeper into other people and be more observant.

yeah, i agree with Broken and Bleeding (sorry if i got that name wrong). there's nothing wrong with it. isn't everyone saying that you can't know a person until you walk in their shoes. so what's wrong with looking at situations through others eyes. it just makes it more imaginative. i mean, people who do actually experience these things dont really have much trouble feeding off their emotions to write a poem but someone who doesn't have those feelings has to feed off something totally different. in my opinion, theirs nothing wrong with it.

nope.

i've had people inspire me...written lots of poems on things i haven't experienced personally, and surprisingly people say i get it right - the ones who actually went through it...i try to put myself in someone else's or a group's shoes...see something through their eyes...and hope it turns out okay. so far it has.

not wrong.

Nope not at all

NO! It's not wrong. If you can write a story about something totally off the wall that you have never experienced but someone else can relate to it then you have done a damn good job. I think that's a good writer.

no...i do it, too

i dont think so, but all my poems are stuff that has happend to me, i dont think i ever wrote a poem that didnt acually happen

No its not wrong, but to make the poem good it has to be really empathic i think. and sometimes you are inspired to write a poem about somethingm and it may not be real.

My brother wrote a poem about cutting that sounded as if he cut on this site, and at first it reaqlly bothered my that he did because I cut. But I think it was a way for him to put himself in my shoes, and try to understand why. So I think it is totally ok.

nothing wrong at all, i've written a few poems like that

I dont think so, But I normaly try to write about what I feel...

-Josiah