Article: Find a time in your schedule when you feel the most productive to write your poetry. Even if you only do a brainstorming session, you're working on getting your ideas on paper and preparing them for your poem. Every person has a time that works best for them for writing. Try a few different times throughout the day to find when you're the most productive. There are many different types of poems you can write, both structured and unstructured. Look at the styles of poets you admire and try to write something similar since you're familiar with the structure. Many poems follow a specific rhyme scheme, but rhyming is not required. Try free verse poems to have more freedom. Haikus are short 3-line poems that usually discuss topics like nature or moments of beauty. Write the main topic or theme of your poem in the center of a piece of paper. Incorporate each of the 5 senses into your brainstorming session to fully encapsulate the experience you want to convey. Avoid using cliches in your brainstorming, such as phrases like cold as ice or busy as a bee. Look up the word you want to replace in your thesaurus to find other words with a similar definition. Avoid using the word very, but instead find a stronger word to describe the moment. Take pauses whenever there's a line break or a punctuation marks. This way you'll be able to hear the rhythm of the words when they're spoken. If you stumble over words or something doesn't sound quite right, adjust the wording. Practice performing your poem to get an idea of how others may read it. Go back into your poem and adjust phrasing that doesn't sound right or rhythms that don't flow well. After each edit, read your poem aloud again to see if your edits worked. Once you're happy with it, you're ready to share. Ask friends that you trust or literature teachers to look over your poems to see if they have any constructive feedback for you.
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Set time aside each day to focus on writing. Decide on the style of poem you want to write. Brainstorm imagery associated with the topic you want to write about. Use a thesaurus to find stronger, more descriptive words. Read your poems out loud when you finish them. Revise your poems until you're happy with how they sound.