"There are but three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the warrior, and the poet. To know, to kill, and to
create."
-- Ch. Baudelaire
Form, Content and Style: The Poetic Triangle
Writing a poem is like casting a bronze statue:
Form is the mold.
Content is the molten metal.
Style is the embellishments and details in the mold, that make a piece unique.
Beauty is the resulting
cast.
Getting started
Know your audience
Seek inspiration
See similar poems - especially if youre no native speaker. read classical poems !! to perceive the scope, analyze them !
Notebook
"Hit" vs. "Under Construction"
Online
Rhyming Help
Structure
1. Rhythm
2. Verse
Free Verse. However, writing a prose text and randomly ... does usually not create a poem ! While free verse is a great form in its own right, many nowadays use it as an excuse for avoiding the work of putting their first draft into a proper form. This often results in a great idea expressed with poor means.
Suiting the form to the occasion (humourous, elegic..)
3. Stanza
Shadowpoetry types of poetry
Ship of Fools poetry tips
Sound
1. Rhyme
2. Alliteration
3. Assonance
Gimmicks
Metaphor, Simile
Contrast
Onomatopoesis - do it with assonance
Oxymoron
Pleonasm
Tautology
The Plot
Perspective (I/we, he/they, it)
(Interior) Monologue / Dialogue
Again: Simile and Contrast
Ballad
Song/Lyrics, Chant
Prayer, Invocation
Building up Tension or How To Keep `Em Reading
Curiosity
Lenghth
Fine-Tuning
Check and recheck the above. let it mature. ponder alternatives.
Read it aloud sing it. try to read it as though you didnt know it.
Info per verse Weed words without info
Show it to others, accept Critique, poetry forums
Links to Books /Sites about techniques