How To Write a Poem

Take a moment of your time And listen to your heart’s insight Think about what you should write Will it be personal or fictional? Should your poem begin with a rhyme Or should free verse be your style? I doubt you’ll discover the best the first time But you can be sure you’ll see the light Your poem might use whimsical words Or it could be built on a feeling from your heart It might begin with the middle at the first Or the end could be where the beginning was Take into consideration what words to use Will they be dark and dreary or light and loving? Should you answer the question the reader has Or think of some revelation you can bestow? Poetry is built on words galore, adjectives and adverbs Nouns, pronouns and all the other possibilities The words might be metered or rhymed or with rhythm Or given to encouraging the reader to invent within A poem like yours can be soft and imaginative Or it could bring out the bandit or sensitivity I understand that your words will be your own And I can’t really tell you how to write what you should If I were to encourage you to write your best piece I’d have to say that you let your heart and soul lead you Through fact or fiction, real or imagined, think of the poem That you would like to read if you were the reader