07-25-2011, 12:07 PM
its hard to explain.
imagine you're explaining your poem to a ten year old in a way that it can understand.
as it is the ten year old will be hard pressed to know what you're saying.
if you can write it out that way, you'll have a starting point.
better yet what were you trying to say in the 1st verse?
please don't be offended. i realize what you're thinking...i thought the same way at one time
someone eventually helped me to get out of that 1st stage of trying to hard to write poetry.
so, what did the 1st verse mean?
imagine you're explaining your poem to a ten year old in a way that it can understand.
as it is the ten year old will be hard pressed to know what you're saying.
if you can write it out that way, you'll have a starting point.
better yet what were you trying to say in the 1st verse?
please don't be offended. i realize what you're thinking...i thought the same way at one time
someone eventually helped me to get out of that 1st stage of trying to hard to write poetry.
so, what did the 1st verse mean?