[doriangray1718]

i used to write poetry a lot when i was in the 8th grade but i stoped. i just never thought my poems were good enough. i worte a few more peoms after that, but they were mostly ****. i would look at other poems that were written by people my age, and i always thought they were so much better then mines. if you lookd at one of my poems, you could obvioulsy tell what i was feeling and what i was thinking. those other poems i would be like beautiful poems that could mean anything. everyone's aways better then me. i would like to write agian, but i dont know where to start

[nice girl]

hey there.. i think u should start writing poems again.. i will be looking forward to read ur poems in the creative corner here..
All the best for everything.. tc..

[Perna]

Why did you write poetry? If it's to be as good as you feel others are (perception, not actual fact) you might not get to enjoying it; I would just write for yourself. It takes a long time to really get good at anything, lots of practice.

Sometimes I use to take "professional" poems I like and rewrite them in my own words? That helped me, either match the cadence or sentiment, etc.

[doriangray1718]

true. im not really sure why i wrote poetry. all i know is that i couldent just come up with a poem right there and then if you asked me, i woukd need to be inspried. i mention this because once in the 8th grade, one of my teachers who noticed my poetry and liked it, asked if i could write a poem right there and then...and i was like..''about what?'' lol