If you want to write a meaningful poem, you should go into it with an idea of what you're trying to convey. Poems can be about a variety of topics: love, loss, grief, excitement, joy. They can also be about anything that inspires you from a work of art to a blade of grass. It can help to sit down and do a 10 to 15-minute free write. Think about what's meaningful to you, and just start writing. You may start with a list. For example, you may ask yourself, "What things are most meaningful to me?" You may start writing, "my family, my friends, my pet dog, sports, etc., etc." As you list topics, one may stand out to you as particularly meaningful. You may want to start talking about why that subjects means so much to you, what moments or images capture that meaning. For example, maybe grief is a major issue for you. You may want to jot down your experiences grieving, what you think it means to grieve, why the process is necessary, and so on. If you want to write anything of meaning, reading is invaluable. Almost all poets communicate using figurative language, and most poems have some meaning under the surface. Before trying to write your own poem, read works by a variety of poets to help inspire you. Read the kind of poems you want to write. If you're interested in free verse poetry, you can read the works of writers like TS Eliot, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, and Ezra Pound. If you want more structured poems, look into sonnets like those written by Robert Lowell, William Shakespeare, and John Berryman. Also, consider topic. If you're interested in nature poems, poets like Gary Snyder and Mary Oliver frequently write about nature. As you read, search for meaning. Try to see how the writers made their meaning apparent. Look for figurative language including symbolism, metaphors, similes, imagery, and repetition. You may want to look online for analyses of poems you like. Reading literary analysis can help show you how poets create meaning with their words. Poetry is a vast art form. There are many different types of poems. Some, like the haiku or the sonnet, are more structured. Some, like free verse, tend to allow for less structure. Think about the type of poem you want to write before you begin. Some forms of poetry have strict requirements. Sonnets, for example, must have 14 lines of 10 syllables each. Other forms of poetry, like haikus and limericks, also come with strict structures. A strict structure can help you organize your thoughts, but also may constrict them. Other structures, namely free verse, allow you to write poetry without a specific structure in mind. There is no set meter or rhyming patterns in a free verse poem. Lyric poems are rhythmic, expressive poems in which a speaker expresses personal feelings. Even if you're not using a strict structure, poetry should have a musical flow. It's a good idea to track syllables and read the poem out loud as you go, making sure the rhythm you've established does not feel clunky. Poetry, like prose, is written from a specific point of view. The point of view is the lens through which a poem is told. The point of view you choose for your poem can help you convey your specific meaning. First person point of view uses words like "I," "me," and "we." It gives the sense the poet's narrator is speaking from direct experience. If you see yourself as the narrator of your poem, you may want to use first person. This can be especially helpful if your poem's meaning is very personal. Second person point of view uses words like "you." It gives the reader the sense they're being addressed, or what's happening in the poem is happening to them. If you're trying to address readers in your poem, second person can be helpful. You can also use it to try to put readers in the moment, encouraging them to imagine the action is happening to them. Third person uses pronouns like "he/she" and "him/her." You may be writing a meaningful poem about something you have not directly experienced, like a historical event for example. In this case, it may be appropriate to use third person to show the reader the narrator is an outside observer.
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One-sentence summary -- Free write about topics that mean something to you. Read other poets. Choose a structure. Select your point of view.

Q: A culture helps beans ferment. You should add about a tablespoon of culture (15 mL) per cup of beans (240 mL). Cultures can be purchased online or at a health food store. Any of the following would be a good culture to ferment black beans: Whey culture Powdered starter culture Kombucha Brine from lacto-fermented vegetables After mixing in your culture, gently mash the beans using a spoon. This will break the skins slightly and gently bruise the beans. This allows the culture to to bet past the skins and into the starch of the beans. The culture then converts the starch into probiotics. Beans need to process for several days to complete the fermenting process. Find a sealed container, such as a jar. Fill the container with your beans and seal the lid tightly. Place the jars in a warm place in your home where they will not be disturbed. Keep an eye on the jars while your beans are processing. When the lids are protruding, this means too much gas is building up int he jars. Open protruding jars to release the gas and then reseal them. Check on the beans a couple of times a day to see if any gas has built up.
A: Add in your chosen culture. Break the skins. Store your beans in jars. Release gas as needed.

Article: To make a cake model, you will need: Cake mix, as well as the ingredients to make the mix Vanilla icing Food coloring of choice Various candies to represent the organelles, such as blue Mike and Ikes, pink Mike and Ikes, War Heads, Air Heads, sour gummy worms and sprinkles Toothpicks Labels Use a round cake pan for an animal cell and a rectangular shaped cake pan for a plant cell. Follow the instructions on the package to bake the cake. You can also set aside a little of the batter to make one cupcake to represent the nucleus. Let the cake cool completely and then remove it from the pan. Place it on the cake board. You can also make 2 9in (23cm) cakes to layer on top of each other if you'd prefer a taller cell model. Dye the vanilla icing with the food dye, based on the color(s) you'd like to use to represent the cell components. One option is to make separate colored icings to represent the different layers of the cell. For example, to make an animal cell, you could use yellow icing to represent the cytoplasm and red icing on the cupcake representing the nucleus. If you are making a plant cell, you can make colored icing to distinguish the cell wall and spread it on the sides of the cake. It may be helpful to have a printout or image of the cell to identify the cell components as you place them on the cake. An example of good candies to use as components of an animal cell include: Pink Mike and Ikes for the smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Blue Mike and Ikes for the mitochondria. Disc sprinkles for the ribosomes. Airheads for the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Sour gummy worms for the Golgi apparatus. Warheads for the vacuoles. Type up the labels on a computer. Cut out each label and attach them to the toothpicks with tape before placing them on the cake next to the applicable cell component. Take pictures of the cake model, and then eat it!
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Gather your ingredients. Make the cake in a pan, based on the type of cell you are making. Ice the cake. Place the candies on the cake to represent the organelle. Stick toothpicks in the cake with labels for each part of the cell.