Five Common Mistakes That Novice Poets Make

[Leanne]

I think we all start out in that really abstract zone, partly because until we consciously organise them, our thoughts are generally pretty chaotic. We make connections between thoughts that we can't necessarily track logically -- the art of poetry is in helping others to make similar connections, or getting our poetry to a point where it lets others touch our thoughts and spark their own. Abstract isn't bad -- abstract, generic and pointless is bad though