Titles vs poem

Do you start with the title and then write the poem
or do you write the poem then chose the title

the majority of the time?

Personally, I start with titles, I find them everywhere and thats what inspires me to write.

Now i start with poem and then in the end i decide for title. but for acrostic poetryi ts oppsosite..

first title and then poem. everyone knows that

I normally write a poem first and then I make up a title for the poem..

Well you'd choose the title first, why? It sets the parameters for the poem. Unless of course you choose the poem by the first line like Emily Dickenson or you could use the topic of your poem as your title. Personally I find choosing the title first easier.

Peace, Poetry & Power,

Nick

Hmm well, its again depends on person that what he wants to do. its the writer easeness. everyone is different. but my way is to write poem wihtout boundires limit because title would make limited the poetry.. again it depends

I write the poem and then come up with a title for it :)

I definitely write the poem first. Titles can be annoying, to me... sometimes they work to give the poem a clearer or more interesting perspective, but sometimes they're just... there. I have trouble thinking of them sometimes, as well. Often I just take a phrase from the poem, and say "there you go!"

Good question, i agree with the titles giving you inspiration and sometimes do this but mainly i write the poems and struggle with the titles lol xxxxx

I would guess it's about 50/50

Sometimes I do that too, i start writing the poem and can never come up with a title

I usually write the poem and then decide on a title. However when I do start with a title I usually tweak it a few times after I finish the poem.

Poem then title.

I do poem first because if you start with a title then your obligated to stick to that "theme" but if you do the poem first you then have the ability to pick a title on whatever you chose. =]

Agree agree. good gr8

Title gives me inspiration mostly so I start with title and that's why I love titled contests

I start with a title, then write the poem. then after i finish the poem. i totally and completely change the title. lol.

i use inspiration from the title, but when i finish the poem, it has often flown in a totally and completely different direction. so the title has to be adjusted.

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Poem then title.

....that's so obvious, you USE a title!!!
*slaps head*

Most times that I have inspiration for a poem it will be the body of the poem that forms in my mind and then transcribed to script, only then will I think of a title for the poem.

I always write the poem first. I might have an idea for a title, but I usually make the title last, so I know it matches the poetry

Title last =P

Poem first andthen title. its makes me feel better.

It depends. If I know how this particular poem is going to turn out, I can decide on a title. But if I'm just in the mood to write, I write it, edit it, then title it once I'm finished with it completely.

I write a poem first almost always

then i look at it and pick a line or phrase to be the title

I do the poem first the title comes to me naturally after I have written it. Except when I do contests then I work my way into the title. ~mel

Inspiration > raw poem > finalized poem > title

I've tried starting with the tite first but then it disrupted my flow of thinking and ruined the essence of the poem..

It's really up to the writer as to which style he is more comfortable with..

~broken_saint~

I agree with ^^^^

Hm I've done both before... its like 50-50

My title first poems don't come out as nice as my poem first ones..

If i write the title first i feel restricted to wat i hav to rite so i would always write my poem first them title for i feel i can write about whatver i like

Wateva i think ov first..
sumtimez i jus start writing n think ov a title half way through
sumtimez the title comes first n sumtimez it comes last..
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I write the poem itself first. I get all the emotion out and then after the poem is finished I find the title that best suites the poem. To me it's easier to do it that way becaue then when you are writing you don't have boundries. You can take your poerty anywhere.

The title is really important but the poem is more

I usually start with an idea or a phrase, write the poem, then find a title that helps the poems intentions, the most.

Poem then title.
Unless im doing a ocntest where ive been given a title... Or acrostics..

Wow. so many different opinions, and a lot that are the same. oh my.

well personally...sometimes picking a title first restricts the poem and i get stuck.

other times the title is my inspiration and i use that to get the creativeness flowing.

it really just depends. honestly i think the real decision should be made if you have a title that you think is striking before you write the poem...use it. if you need to write the poem then come up with an attention grabbing title it's just the way it goes.

simply, if you have a title, use it.
if you dont, write and find one to use.

i agree with the people who say it's 50-50.

I think I write the poem first. when I finish my poem, I read the whole poem, and try to find the right title for it. ^^

I would imagine it would be better to have the title done after the poem is finished but i dont do it that way

title first poem last

I write the poem first, then I find an appropriate title. But sometimes, very rarely, I think of an amazing title and try to write somehting to fit it.

Poem then title..

I do both 50/50