Which is better?

Which is better? A poem that takes you weeks to get right? Or a poem that comes to you in the middle of the night or class in a complete package?

For me, both can be equally fruitful.

Some of my stuff has taken forever to write and some have come to me in minutes.

Steve

I'd have to say both too. I always write what pops in to my head and I don't think I've ever sat down and just made a poem over a long period of time. Unfortunatly alot of great poems go lost since people can get a peom in there head and not have a chance to actully write it down, and then later forget what they where going to write.

Happens to me anyhows:p

i think both. poems come and go even if some take longer than others. i find them both to be the same in greatness

Paul Mcartney (Beatles fame) had the 'bones' of 'Yesterday' come to him in a dream.....the song went on to be the most recorded song on the planet. So never dismiss things and ideas that come out of the blue.

most of my poems come to me real quickly, but sometimes takes days to complete one and be satisfied by it. Sometimes I actually think that I need to take more time, to see what I can do to make them better. =)

*r@ch

I Agree Both Can Be Fruitful...Brilliant And Good xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

that is an unfair question......they could both be wonderful,both suck, or one or the other could be good and suck...

Steve,

Your so right, it could always go the other way and both suck, which in my case they usually do!

Have a good weekend.

The other Steve!

i personally like ones that come to me on a spure of the moment, like i wrote my poem *that one beer* after i attended a graduation party where alot of people got very drunk. i think that one took me and hour, and i love it i think it displays a powerful message.

I will only write a poem if its there... on the tip of my tongue. Most of the time, I use poetry to express my feelings. I don't do it because of bordem.

~AidanG~