Tips On Writing Joyful Poems

By Bonnie Contreras


There are many shapes that poetry can take, in technical form and in subject. Where some people will start writing without worry, others consider it a more difficult written medium to tackle. However, this does not necessarily need to be the case since no extensive knowledge is needed to write joyful poems. It can honestly be as easy as making yourself comfortable and putting your feelings to paper. You can put it into some kind of poetic form, later.

All you need to do know is to put yourself in front of a word processor or a piece of paper and then write. You can try and do this for a particular amount of time or you can keep working until you feel you are done. What is important, here, however, is that you continue without pausing or editing.

At this point, do not worry if you make any mistakes or worry if anything does not read like you think it should. When you are done, you will have a chance to read what you have written and circle anything you think stands out. After this, use these excerpts to either prompt new poems or to be put together into one single poem if you think that works.

This exercise has helped you capture something important about your own feelings. This, in the end, will help you produce better content than trying to craft something that sounds like you think good poetry ought to be. This will help you put across what you want to say, as well as elicit an emotional response from your readers.

If you are more genuine in the words and phrases you choose, this will be more effective. There are more things to take into considering, here, though, to avoid your work turning out too bland. You probably already know that cliches should be avoided for those who want their work to sound original. If you have heard something too often, your reader will have, too.

Look over your notes and think of your own similes and metaphors. This can take more time, but doing it regularly will ensure that you become better at writing poetry and creating an image. Tackle individual cliches, if you want to, by looking at what they say and coming up with something new to say that.

Sentimentality should also be avoided, do not confuse emotion with this. The feelings you share and elicit should be as genuine and fresh as possible. Nothing in your poems should be forced if you want the reaction to them to be personal. You should also be careful of using abstract words. Tangible imagery is a much better way to suggest something.

Your readers should not be told outright that you are angry, sad or happy, they should, instead, be given concrete imagery to understand those feelings. Do not, as you write, consider editing too much, though. You need to just get your poem on the page, to start with, before you can do that. Start revising what you have written after that, and it is a very important stage that should not be skipped. You will, eventually, have the first of your joyful poems.




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