How to write a meaningful poem

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit How do you write a meaningful and emotional poem that requires countless amounts of enthusiasm? Read on...

Steps
 Get a piece of lined paper and your favorite pencil or pen  Structure your poem by deciding on how many beats are going to be in each line and what rhyme scheme you want (use Iambic Pentameter or write a sonnet for example)  Think about a particular feeling or event you encountered recently that you want to apply to your poem. Think of creative adjectives to describe how you feel  Start your poem by subtly using this emotion with descriptive phrases and words  As the poem lengthens increase the power of the emotion with stronger words and sentence structure  Finish the poem with a line or two about something that happened afterwards or a conclusion about your feelings  If you feel inspired ignore all above steps and do whatever you truly feel represents your emotions. 

Tips
<ul>Think about why you are writing a poem. What will make it meaningful for you? Do you want to express a feeling you are having or have had? Do you want to write something that will make your friend or loved one feel happy? Do you want to describe something interesting you did or saw? Who would you like to read this? </li>If you have writer's block, try doing something you wouldn't usually do, or going somewhere you wouldn't ordinarily go. Then you can use this as a topic for the poem. </li>You may find a place you particularly like to write. Perhaps you feel especially inspired on a bench in the local park, on the subway train, at your desk, in a room in your local library... </li>Read lots and lots of poems! If you read many poems, it will feel natural to you to start writing. </li>Your poem doesn't have to make sense, this sometimes increase the quality of the text and makes it more professional! </li>Make sure it is not too long and not too short so that the reader enjoys the length standard. </li>Try and have a hidden meaning in the poem or make it complex so the reader has to think about what it means. </li></ul>

Things You'll Need
<ul>Paper </li>Pencil </li>Eraser </li>Good imagination </li>Peace and quiet </li></ul>

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