what comes first: the title or the poem?

It's to each their own like my friend always says but in my opinion which would you rather have, a title without a poem... or fully written poem that just needs a title. I personally make the title after the poem because I sometime start with a basic idea for the poem and then end up writting something completely different...but that is me, you really have to find your own style, even with things as simple as the title before or after.

It depends....sometimes I write the poem then figure a title...or sometimes I write a title,then make a poem of it.

With me, sometimes the text of the poem appears first when I get some inspiration. Other times I think about the title or subject first before the text arrives.

It works both ways and is not a real problem for me.

Steve :)

Hey, then get started. There was one given to you about writer's block. Await to see you next piece of work.

All the best.

Steve

i never name my poems until i have to for when i submit them onto this website

*jackie*

I myself find a title after I have written the poem. But I always write them on Word and then copy them to here, so I don't actually pick out a title until I submit it. But I guess you could choose a title first and still come up with the poem. I don't see why it wouldn't work either way. Just go along with what your title is or what your poem is about.

~Krissy

most of all..the poem comes 1st
but sometimes i like a tittle then try to write the poem
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I try to write the poem first THEN find a title but i understand what you mean because it's happened to me....but whatever suits you best.

Peaces.

I would say the poem , because then after you can find a title that works best with it .... I try and not work my poems around my title .. Each to their own , i guess ..

I do both. Sometimes I'll just start writing then pick a title when it's finished and other times I'll go through a list of titles I have and pick a title that inspires me to write something. Sometimes I'll be out some where and I'll read a phrase or someone will say something that will become a title. It's fun. I'd say do both. Try...it's fun.

i think it depends....b/c if you don't have a title, then u do the poem first...but if you're still thinking about the poem, then u'd write the title...

I make the poem first and then I take a catchy part of the poem and use it for my Title. If you look on some of my poems you will notice some of the titles are part of my poem.

if you can't find a title to a poem, do what i do in the situation, pick a word or words out of it as the title atleast until you can think up a title you like better.if u come up with a title but no poem, then just study that title really try to feel it and if noone interupts you just by doing that the words should start bubbling up and be4 u know it u'll have a poem!!!!!! but just think about what kinda poem suites the title.

In my opinon.. The poem would come first, You write what you feel and when your finished you decide what would most likely describe the poem.

usually the poem comes first but sometimes I think of a really good title and write the pome later is just depends... but for the most part the poem comes first.

it depends normally i write the poem first but in some cases i think of the title first!!!!!

livvie7

I have always written the poem first, and then come up with the title.

i don't have a set way of doing things, sometimes i think of a title that sums up the way im feeling, then write it in more detail for the actual poem, sometimes i change the title 4 or 5 times before i get the right one, other times i'm happy with the first one i choose, but, more often that not, the poem comes before the title.

I write the poem first and worry about a tittal latter when the poem's finished.

the poem cause that way...when i re-read my poems i can give it a title that goes with my poem...if y'all know what I mean!

When ever i write, i write the poem before it leaves my mind, then i look at my poem and see what fits.

either...but usually the poem

i write the poem first, then i try to find a title.

usually title comes 1st but it depends if i dun kno wat im gunna write about yet i start with the poem..

~*Who Cares?*~

i always write the poem first cause it comes naturally to me then i find the title

Coming up with a title doesnt nec. mean you'll write a poem abotu THAT title. And usually, to title a poem, you should take a look at your last satnza and whatever the subject is of that stanza..title it that