Is it Easy to Write a Poem

A friend of mine recently asked me, "How do you manage to write such beautiful poems? I can't imagine myself writing a poem." My response was "No, it's not difficult! It's just as easy as writing anything else."

Many people would say it is very difficult to write poetry, but is writing anything an article, a paragraph or a book not difficult for most people? But most of us do write paragraphs about how we feel, what we do, then why do most of find writing poetry the most difficult thing in the world? You wouldn't believe but there are people who are terrified of writing letters because they think they are not good at it, while most of us can write letters quite naturally. So trust me writing poetry is not difficult at all. You just need to keep a few things in mind.

First of all, try to write about something you truly believe in or feel. Writing facts is easier done when writing articles or news reports. But when it comes to poetry it needs to be handled in a much more sophisticated manner. Poetry needs the personal touch. Poetry comes alive only when it is written with feelings.

Secondly, if you are very imaginative, think of a situation, put yourself into it and try to feel it while you are visualizing it. There you get your poem.

Thirdly, you need to pay a little attention on the rhythm of the poem, a poem should flow. It's a good practice to keep slightly rhyming words in the end of a line or start a line in the similar fashion. The rhyming words help you get the flow of the poem.

Lastly and most importantly, you need to share your poems with your friends or loved ones for two reasons, first and the most obvious reason: yes as more people will read it you will get good feedback, positive, negative which is always good to improve upon next time you write a poem. And second reason being by sharing your poem you are sharing your feelings, your love with the other person. Imagine what better gift can you give to a loved one than writing a poem about how they make you feel.

So give it a try, next time you need to convey your feelings to someone...