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4038246 No.4038246 [Reply] [Original]

How do I become a better poet?

>> No.4038250

suffering

go get lost at sea or something

>> No.4038252

>>4038250
I've got suffering

how do I improve my skill with words and shit though??

>> No.4038255

>>4038252
you need to suffer more

much more

>> No.4038258

>>4038246
Have you tried alcohol?

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>>4038255
ok do you have any ideas on how i can suffer more??

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>>4038246

You don't.

Poets are not made, they are born. Much like being a writer or any other profession.

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>>4038261
ok how do I know if I was born a poet or have what it takes to be a poet or whatever??

>> No.4038263

>>4038246
Practice.

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>>4038262

You make poems and they are good. Nothing else.

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>>4038265
how can I tell if they're good or not??

>> No.4038268

Post your poetry OP.

>> No.4038269

>>4038267
get them published, obviously, or try to.

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>>4038268
i don't like anything I write though that's why I want to try to get better

>> No.4038276

>>4038272
Hard to give advice when there's nothing to work with.

>> No.4038285

oh all the things I wanna let you know,
are stuck,
in roots that'll never show,
no the flowers will
never ever ever grow
no, you will
never ever ever know

glow on the horizon,
no, never gonna make it
but oh to feel the sun is
so delivering

>> No.4038289

Read good poetry

>> No.4038292

Write

>> No.4038293

That if poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all. -- John Keats

>> No.4038301

>>4038293
>That if poetry comes not

I fucking hate poetry

>> No.4038302

Smoke weed.

>> No.4038310

>>4038285
>oh all the things I wanna let you know,
>are stuck,
>in roots that'll never show,

I'm not a huge fan of 'oh', it sounds so out of place with your colloquialisms 'wanna' and 'gonna'. It's like you have two voices, the poetry voice and your real voice, and you haven't written this poem while being aware of these voices, so they are sort of superimposed.

Personally the first lines more, if they read something like:

The things I want you to know
are stuck
in roots that never show

>no the flowers will
>never ever ever grow
>no, you will
>never ever ever know

You are repeating 'know' and 'will' here. Usually it's not a good idea to repeat rhyming words. And what's with the 'ever ever'? No offense, but it almost sounds like the author is trying to sound like a teenager. Do you say 'ever ever'? It's really bad.

>glow on the horizon,
>no, never gonna make it
>but oh to feel the sun is
>so delivering

The last lines are sort of bizarre to me. I don't know what kind of message or emotion they try to convey. I get that it's about a sunrise... Is this related to the flower not growing?

>> No.4038327

are we rating poems now?

http://pastebin.com/PqkkqeAC

>> No.4038334

pick a poet you admire
read their poetry
imitate
read criticism on their poetry
synthesize

rinse and repeat

>> No.4038338

>>4038327
10/10 Best Poem in thread.

>> No.4038340

>>4038338
Shit I meant
>>4038334

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>>4038340
tfw someone gives you a compliment then takes it away

>> No.4038356

>>4038345
doesn't really mean much if there's only like 2-3 poems posted in a thread.

>> No.4038466

>>4038327
>>4038345
I'm not the same guy, but I actually liked it. A couple of parts sound a bit rough to me, though: "they called apollo" and "forever trapped in hell." To me, they feel too simple and out of place compared to the rest of the poem. Perhaps something along the lines of "forever intertwined with Hell" would be better. For the first line, I would do something such as "Blessed be Apollo, the god of music"

But seriously, I like it.