My First Published Poem

It is wonderful to finally write a poem your proud of. You created a story or instilled feelings and emotions into words that is now entertaining to read. You probably read it aloud but only in the comforts of your room or somewhere where you were alone.

Writing poetry can become addictive and the first fan of your poem is obviously going to be yourself. Because of whats in your mind when you read it you will automatically have feelings and visions of what your words are saying. "The question is", can you put your feet in the readers shoes and understand what the words are saying. Will the poem you wrote aid your reader to share the same vivid pictures and emotions that it does for you? This will take some practice and allot of adjectives to help them to get on your level with it.

There are many different styles of poetry but in this article were going to cover just the very basic that people tend to write starting out.
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Rhyming- The one thing about rhyming is it tends to be how everyone starts out. In fact allot of people don't consider poems that don't rhyme poetry. Rhyming is very hard when it comes to projecting to the reader, do to how hard it maybe to find the proper word to rhyme with.

In many cases people/writers/poets that rhyme wind up compromising the feelings and imagination and stimulation for choosing the wrong words. Yes they have a flow but then they lose the vivid picture or feelings that it was suppose to create to begin with.

A good poet who has read many poems will be able to see this right away and can change lines and sentences on the fly or in many cases delete whole sections of his or her poem just to save the over all poem. Try using a Rhyming Dictionary if you prefer to write in rhyme and you will find that it will ease the burden in discovering the proper word or rhyme to finish your scribe.

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Descriptive Poetry- This is just poetry without rhyme which rarely reads out like a rap but can have such great emotional feeling due to it being based on content. Each line of poetry has to be very descriptive to keep the reader hungry for the next.

Filled with adjectives of feelings and vast amounts of descriptions to allow the reader to become one with the poem is its over all goal. Some people tend to use words that are rarely used in everyday communication which sometimes takes away from the reader being able to enjoy the scribe. Some instances it is the very nature of the many descriptive words when used properly that makes the poem that much better to read.

For readers and writers it is important to grow with your vocabulary. An example of something you may relate to is your diet. If you Cook the same recipes every night sooner or later it just becomes dinner instead of something that use to, "Taste Great". But if you use some different spices, garnish it and add a different side all of the sudden it has a new look, a new taste, and now wanted by more people.

So add in some new words but use them correctly. Keep a dictionary close by along with a thesaurus and you will find that adding spice to your poems will make your poetry hungered for and hopefully gobbled up by your readers.