writing poetry is so flipping hard

[Keith]

I agree, it is damn difficult. I think Ray's insight is something we all have our own version of, my main problem is the application of the basic techniques I am at best hit and miss, and at worst bumpier than a three wheeler on a farm track. What I am saying and what I believe is that great poetry only appears when the technical meets the spark. And those that can master both become consistently good and sometimes great. Leanne mentions freshness and for me that is what makes it so damn difficult to write poetry.