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.
For now, just sit in front of a blank piece of paper or an empty page on a word processor and just write. Either do this for a set amount of time or just until you feel that you have written enough. The key here, though, is to do it without pausing and without editing yourself.
It does not matter, at this stage, if you make any mistakes or if anything does just not sound as good as you think it should. Once you are finished, your next step is to look over what you have written and make a note of anything that stands out to you. You can then go on to use these to prompt poems or to arrange them into one poem if that is what you want to do.
You have, with this exercise, managed to put down words about your own feelings. This can help you write better poems than if you decided to write something that matches some kind of idea of what evocative poetry should be. You can communicate what you want to see, this way and, in your readers, you can provoke a more genuine emotional response.
This works better if you are more genuine in your words and phrasing. There are, though, some other things to know if you want to avoid your work looking too trite. It is, perhaps, common knowledge that cliches should be avoided if you want to sound fresh and original. Avoid things you have heard so many times as it will be the same way for your reader.
From your notes, consider what similes and metaphors you could come up with. This can take a lot more time, but, if you write regularly, you will become better at putting together an effective image. One exercise you could do is to take on individual cliches by taking what they say and making something new.
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.
Do not tell your readers you are happy or sad or angry, use concrete imagery to get that feeling across, instead. When you are writing your poem, do not worry too much about editing, yet, however. What matters, to begin with, is that you get something down. The most important thing after that, of course, is to start revising what you have written. Eventually, you will have written the first of many joyful poems to come.
For now, just sit in front of a blank piece of paper or an empty page on a word processor and just write. Either do this for a set amount of time or just until you feel that you have written enough. The key here, though, is to do it without pausing and without editing yourself.
It does not matter, at this stage, if you make any mistakes or if anything does just not sound as good as you think it should. Once you are finished, your next step is to look over what you have written and make a note of anything that stands out to you. You can then go on to use these to prompt poems or to arrange them into one poem if that is what you want to do.
You have, with this exercise, managed to put down words about your own feelings. This can help you write better poems than if you decided to write something that matches some kind of idea of what evocative poetry should be. You can communicate what you want to see, this way and, in your readers, you can provoke a more genuine emotional response.
This works better if you are more genuine in your words and phrasing. There are, though, some other things to know if you want to avoid your work looking too trite. It is, perhaps, common knowledge that cliches should be avoided if you want to sound fresh and original. Avoid things you have heard so many times as it will be the same way for your reader.
From your notes, consider what similes and metaphors you could come up with. This can take a lot more time, but, if you write regularly, you will become better at putting together an effective image. One exercise you could do is to take on individual cliches by taking what they say and making something new.
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.
Do not tell your readers you are happy or sad or angry, use concrete imagery to get that feeling across, instead. When you are writing your poem, do not worry too much about editing, yet, however. What matters, to begin with, is that you get something down. The most important thing after that, of course, is to start revising what you have written. Eventually, you will have written the first of many joyful poems to come.
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