Writing Tips On..........POETRY

                                                                             
                 37 Ways to Write Poetry

Ways to write good poetry

1. Have your syllables, words and stanzas flow.
2. Start a new stanza when a change of idea, rhythm or rhyme occurs.
3. Create natural rhymes.
4. Do not rhyme.
5. Create emotion.
6. Say nothing more than what needs to be said.
7. Write about life.
8. Write about nature.
9. Give details.
10. Don't be shy to write something personal.
11. Study and imitate other poets.
12. Try different styles.
13. Variate your words.
14. Write about a controversial subject.
15. Tell a story.
16. Write a song.
17. Use a thesaurus.
18. Try different types of meter rhymes.
19. Try different types of vowel rhymes.

Use elements of poetry

20. Use metaphors.
21. Use similes.
22. Use assonance.
23. Use onomatopoeias.
24. Use alliteration.

Use the five senses

25. Create a sense of smell.
26. Create a sense of taste.
27. Create an image.
28. Create sound.
29. Create touch.

Ways to write bad poetry

30. Write about a boy or girl who you like but likes another girl who likes some other guy that likes you but you don't like him.
31. Try to rhyme every sentence.
32. Try to rhyme words just for the sake of rhyming them.
33. Write a three line poem, regardless of how many syllables or words are used, and claim it as Haiku.
34. Write a four line poem and claim it as Haiku.
35. Write a story but make a new line after every sentence.
36. Write a poem and don't create lines or stanzas.
37. Write about an honor you received that no one else cares about.

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