How i write poetry! techniques and quick hints :P

This is my technique for poetry, i actually wrote a poem about it.

heres the poem.... then ill explain it.

''Close your eyes,
dont think,
just stay still,
and think of nothing.

find the light of your soul,
let it guide you.

Open your eyes,
and dont think,
just write,
remember : Words dont have to make sense to be beautiful.

Do not read over your poem,
when your writing it,
look at the stanza your working on,
nothing more.

Focus on the drive not the destination,
become your poem,
let your spirit flow.

Write about pain, write about sadness,
let your tears be your ink,
let you pain be your paper,
let your despair be you pencil,
let the light of you soul mend what is broken.

Remember the good times, remember the bad,
let them guide you hand in hand,
let daylight break your light,
let your soul take control,
show no resistance.

There is no pain,
just your souls music trying to play,
spread your wings and fly.''

So basically. get in the zone. dont think as you write. dont form the sentences in your head. never look past the stanza your on. remember the moods you feel and use them.

Very true and understandable. Your idears are indeed concrete and lucid. Its valuable.

What??

'concrete and lucid'?

My buttcr*p is more concrete and lucid than that. If I wanted verses from a spiritually-reformed bible, I would go to a spiritually-reformed nerd, not a lousy section of a forum.

Dude - I dont think thats a fair comment coming from someone that writes about their nose being stuck to their face with snot and itchy eyes as a poem topic... (yours that I just read)...

That is this guys way of writing and it works for him - may not work for you, but its definitely not a spiritually reformed way of writing...

And if this forum is so lousy and lame... why you on here?

Yes, that was a harsh response Mr Vesuvio

I understand what shadowknight is saying - and I actually agree with it. If you don't want to put a spiritual spin on it, you can just sit quietly and let the thoughts and emotions come to you. That is letting the creative, intuitive side of the brain speak. Then, when you're done writing that, you can go back and edit and hone the words, and let the editor, the rational side of the brain take over and do its work.

I think that was the point. I think Mr Vesuvio (clearly the brilliant writer that he is) is trying to get a rise out of us... it doesn't matter cause each person gets their inspiration from something different. Some can write their best piece in 1 minute flat without thinking about it and others can write their best piece over months of adding bits and pieces until its finished...

But no need to knock other people over it. The tip was given out of a generous heart.

So if you dont like it Mr Vesuvio - Keep it to yourself. :)

Thanks for the back up guys but dont be so hard on Mr Vesuvio, he is entightled to his own opinion, he just needs to learn that somethings arnt supposed to be typed or said.

If thats how he acts, so be it. all we can tell from his response is that he is lacking in hte friends departments and maybe finds this as the only way to flaunt his anger.

And if he wishes to bag out ppls poems we can always just 'comment' on his poetry
or vote.

I have to agree with Mr. V. That poem really says nothing. It's basically a loose term to say that all poetry is good, and everyone knows that isn't true. You threw out just abstract terms and phrases and called them hints and tips. They aren't hints and tips. Hints about techniques would be like telling people to count the syllables of each line and make them match to create good meter. You threw out stuff off the top of your head without thinking it through and told people to follow it. That is an entirely irrational way of doing anything.

I personally think you made this topic and called it techniques and quick hints as a sorry way to get people to read your poem.

Did you ever think that i wanted more people to write techniques and poem???
Its not my fault no one has.
And no one asked you to read my poem
that was the way i write poems that i once wrote in a poetic form. So dont talk about stuff you dont know.
Im not forcing anyone to follow anything i say.
This forum was purely for people to put their own hints and techniques.

And as you dont have any hints or techniques i suggest you dont write in this forum again.
Cause all you want to do is bag on other peoples ideas.
Get over yourself.
i tried to be creative. you didnt.
so shut the hell up and dont bag people who are trying to be creative.
Maybe cause your poems suck doesent mean that you have to bag others peoples.

Go get a date you lonely computer nerd!!!

Wow it is so nice to be wanted. I expressed my ideas in a very formal, very polite way. Not once did I make a direct attack against you; however, I did throw out a hint for people trying to better their technique. You obviously missed it.

While we are on hints and techniques, here are some more. Do not close your eyes. One must have them open to see the paper they are writing upon. Also, words are abstract by their very nature. They are letters, which truly don't have any meaning whatsoever to the five senses until a person places meaning upon them. Due to their abstractness, don't confuse people by then throwing around gigantic abstract terms just to see if you can awe a reader into dumbness because they "get it," when in reality there is nothing to get because the poem means nothing. Use words to describe in a concrete manner, and as precisely as possible, what it is that you're writing about. Try to make the subject matter as tangible as possible to the reader. Do that by adding all five senses to your writing: touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing. Anything that can be observed with all five senses in a poem will be more powerful than the abstract nothingness of a bunch of words from a thesaurus or the futile attempts to describe freedom through more abstractness.

Hint about ideas numero two, actually it is three because I threw one out in the firrst post that I made. What is important to you doesn't mean it is important to everybody. Obviously age matters. Know your audience. If you are writing only to please yourself, which you aren't because you are posting your poems on the internet, then you can write about whatever you want. But, if you want to write powerfully moving poems, then you are going to write about what powrfully moves other people. That will get other people's attention and peek their interest in your writing. If you want kids to like your stuff, then rhyme bout teddy bears, and the funny commercials a child might laugh at. And if you want older children, high school or middleschool kids to like your stuff, then write about the hardships of homework and petty school crushes (be very emo here, they tend to like that). However, don't expect a more mature audience to like any of those things with consistency. Those things pass away with time, and teddy bears, higschool crap don't pertain to everybody. The majority of people don't really care or find trouble there. So if you want to write for adults, which I think would be the best option, find out what stuff adults really battle with. I don;t mean like the insurance bill that neds to be paid tomorrow and I have no money, but if you took that approach and expanded it to focus on poverty in general, that could be something. Anyways, hope these are enough, solid, easy-to-read tips about writing good poetry.

After reading the other posts, i have to agree with th latter..

It's worth to try.. ^^
Thx for your hints. ^^