Write How You Feel

Write How You Feel

In school, we were taught to write what the teacher told us to write...or write the assignment. We were always guided to write about a given thing. Today's reader wants to know how you feel. A poem is a 'black and white' picture that uses words and descriptions instead of brush and paint and easel.

Begin a poem. In this day and time, you don't have to write rhyme. In fact, it is nearly passe' to rhyme. The more acceptable form is meter. Write how you feel and make the words dance, be they happy or sad. Give them motion and reason. Make them portray how you feel about anything, or everything.

First select something very obtuse, very small or insignificant. Pick up a rock, for instance. Describe it. How does it feel to your hand? How large or how dense is it? What does it relate to? What purpose does it serve? How old do you think it is? What can you do with it? What is its future? What do you think of it? Paint these things in words.

Then move on to another poem and choose a subject more valuable to you...even a person. Use the same methods of description. Let your words compare your subject to something else: i.e. candle flame as "breath of fire" or "golden dancer", etc. Let your thoughts flow. Then practice, practice, practice. Any skill takes practice to get it moving on an even keel. Practice will perfect your talent!