Want to write well?

Use proper grammar.

All of the worthless poets on this site are worthless for one main reason: they do not know what proper grammar is.

How about: "Want to get better?"

I have seen a lot of GOOD poetry with BAD grammar. Bad grammar does not make a good poem bad. I believe the "edit" button is there for a reason. Good poets what are bad at grammar can do be learned to write what is proper, innit?

I Agree With Ed On This One, Although Bad Grammar Is Relativley Irritating, It Dosen't Make The Poem Bad, I'm Horrible On Grammar In My Poetry...If You Read Some Of My Poems Without Me Clicking "Edit" Your Mouth Would Drop At All The Mistakes lol xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

Is it truly difficult to finish the task of perfecting a piece of verbal art, when all one has to do is check the spelling and punctuation? No.

Is it too much to ask of a poet/poetess to correct any grammatical errors before s/he submits the piece to a reader? No.

Should the reader accept a piece of poetry into their eyes if the writer takes no care in editing the most crucial element of writing? No; unless the reader is not fit to read, whereas s/he is a poor reader at that.

And I do believe "Want to write well?" is a fine question.

( Well- In a good or proper manner; Skillfully or proficiently)

Now you come to mention it, grammatically I am certain your question should be "Want to write, well?" or more specifically: "Do you want to write, well?"

;-)

Grammar doesn't make the world go round.

I don't have a degree in English, but that won't stop me from writing, and, if it comes to that, writing well!

//T.L.//

Exactly. What I like about this site is how relaxed it is, and how conventions take a backseat to the passion. Only occasionally have I taken exception to attitudes here and they've never been poetry related.

I DEARLY love to see well written poetry that conveys the beauty of the soul as well as the beauty of the language: these are poems that earn themselves a 5. But a passionate poem that looks like it was written by someone in the heat of the moment with no editing of the poorer qualities is still going to get a deserved 4.

I did spell check on one of my short poems and it messed up some of my words and im frusterated now. Though bad gramar as some of ythese poets are young bad grammar doesnt matter

That was amusing.

do you know a site who help to make our grammar better

Try reading a book my friend. I have not found this bok, but I hear it is one of the best:

The Elements of Style ("the little book" – 1918, "Strunk & White") is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. It originally detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, "a few matters of form", and a list of words or expressions described by its authors as being commonly misused. Updated editions of the paperback book are often required reading for American high school and college composition classes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Elements_of_Style_cover.jpg

Believe it or not (and you can all take the piss as much as you like) I learnt pretty much everything I know about grammar from reading Enid Blyton stories. I've had a passion for reading from the age of about 8 which drove my teachers insane. I love to read but I have no academic inclination whatsoever. Because I struggled so much in class, when I read at home I would literally sit with a dictionary by my side so I could look up new words or check on the context of a particular adjective; and so on.

Trust me: I was called stupid and a daydreamer at school. I taught myself written English at my own pace and leisure. This may be why I am so volatile when clearly well educated people fuck it up so badly.

I think if a person wants to write well that they should be able to read well first. I had books read to me before I ever was taught to write. It gave me an interest in reading books later to myself. That affected my writing to others. I try to give freely what was given to me freely.

I agree completely, reading a lot has definitely improved both my grammar and the selection of words I have at my disposal when writing poetry, but I do agree with Top Sloth to some degree, If I start reading a poem and both the grammar and spelling are bad it instantly puts me off the poem. They can still be really emotive and moving, but bad grammar ruins it for me. It truly doesn't take all that much effort to write a poem and check the grammar, even if you write it in Microsoft Word just to make sure it's fine first.

Bad grammer can work for you or against you. A poem that is trying to get across a point using bad grammer can be an amazing poem..read da same, da same. It can show bad education, used in satire. Although if it doesn't work in your poem then it will work against you.

hhhmmm.. thats debatable.. although bad grammar is hard to read... but that doesn't make it a bad poem..