What do you get out of writing???

I get a sense of accomplishment, and I do get a release from my emotions... whether I'm happy, sad, angry, or whatever... I find it really helps me to put it all into perspective. Like putting it all down on paper makes me more able to control whatever it is that is going on in my life at the time.

i feel like i'm someone... a poet, actually. yeah, satisfaction (just like Peter) I feel that too! and i get to record a piece of my life-like my diary.

kind of like victoria said...it's like a diary. i can look back and read old poems and know exactly how I felt. plus it just helps to sort out your thoughts (or at least mine) if you can organize it and put it into a poem, and you can get more of a handle on the situation if you can visually look at it so the thoughts aren't just runing through your head. for me anyway-but im part crazy so ya, it all works...lol.

Sometimes I enjoy it. Sometimes it's the only thing that keeps me sane.

I use writing to vent my feelings! It also makes me feel good if I write something I like! It's very rewarding!!!

Writing converts my feeling into words, its like a dairy, but in a poetic way, it helps when my feelings are bothering me... writing funny poems are just fun to do, it brighten my day and the ones that reads it :)

It does aaaall sorts of things for me. It helps me tell things to people that I couldn't normally say to to them strait up (beeecause I'm shy), keeps me from being bored (which is a good thing cause I get really odd when I get bored), lets me get my feelings out, especially the ones that shouldnt be built up (like anger, sorrow). I could add more buuut my mom ish bugging me.

It gets the words out of my head.

i can vent my feelings before i fall to pieces...
loves and hugs
Manda Lynn

alot of stuff......includeing pride in something that youve written that people can relate to and like

Its a way i vent out my emotions

attention. Everyone wants to convey a message
about something on their mind. it can be creative-
or a "popular" decision. either case-its real, its you.

Depression can be a tool of ease or it can master-
bate your reality. if you run out of writing ideas
or things about depression, mabe its time to move
to the next incision. people will respond, you must
accept that what you write, may not be what they
hear though.

I get a non-violent attitude. If I am sad, it will drain out my sadness, if I am angry, it will simmer my temper. If I am feeling really wierd and don't know what I'm thinking, it can help me work out what I AM thinking.

It helps balance your emotions. Before, every time I got upset, I would cut myself, just to see the blood flow. It didn't actually hurt, but I kinda realised what I was doing to myself. Then I went right back to the poetry I started writing when I was 9 but abandoned when I was 11. It's like nicotine or something for me, coz as soon as I stop writing, all my thoughts pile up and I just feel sick in my head about how much I'm thinking.

dude. writing is the shit!! it helps make the stress go away. its totally awesome. everyone should write. maybe then we wont have any of those crazy people who go and shoot kids at skool or have priests that rape little kids. but who knows. writing is very kool though.

It gives me perspective from my situations..allows me to be objective with myself.

And yeah, it's kinda cool being a poet..it's something of a definition of who i am.

Orgasmic satisfaction

Is gives me a sense of accomplishment when I write a good Poem, and it's like a diary, but not AS private. I use Poetry as a way of dealing with my Teenage life, and expressing my emotions in something I like to do; write. It's actually proven that people who write about their emotions, rather than the events happening in their life, they have a better memory and better grades. Poetry is also a way for me to share my outlook on certain things, and a way to entertain my Peers and other People. I just love to write, and since I often forget to write in my Journal or lose it, Poetry is how I get my emotions down on paper, and I feel much better afterwards.

|With Love|
-Manda

expression of ur emotion.

It's to prove to myself that I can do anything that I set my mind to. I've only been writing poetry for 1 month and Hollow Darkness is aktually my first poem ever (and Im like 25 years old now). Another reason is that I though I was missing out on a way of expressing myself. I sing and I play guitar and write lyrics but poetry was missing so I made it a goal to learn to write poetry too and I must say I dont regret it. Im just stuck now and I love writing poetry too! :-p

It's a really creative outlet for me. I can express my feelings in such an interesting and also challenging way. It's challenging, because while your writing the poem about your feelings your also trying at the same time to make it meaningful and deep.

whoa...now that's mindblowing. lol