I wrote a poem today

I think poetry is meant to make you feel something and happiness isnt an emotion poets aim for...they want to make someone relate to them on what they are writing about. Are you going to share the poem?

Hi lecanis, I know what you mean, I too have to be in a certain mood to write. Usually it's serious or contemplative, but I've also written some lighter stuff. Sometimes I'll go for months without writing, and then a thought will come to me, and I almost feel compelled to write. Blessings.

Wow taht would be great. I also sometimes write a poem. I do it more easily when I am in the mood to do that. There are times when I feel that I am in the mood, and words just strikingly coming in and out of my mind. NO limits! BUt there are times that even I want to write agood poem, seems that nothing good came into me.

i have to either be so in love, or so depressed!! or it's easier to write poems about my son...and they're always happy! but it's hard for me to just sit down and write a poem about how the sun shined so brightly this morning....it's easier to write about how cloudy it is, and how i feel the rage of the storm clouds...haha!!

Poetry or poem is a way or channel to express ourselves towards the push and pull of life. It is the means of expressing your inner feelings towards the situation. I wrote a lot of poem when I feel sad, lonely, happy, spiritual, inspired, in love and everything in my life. It's cool. Good thing to know that you wrote a poem. That's cool.

What a coincidence this topic coming up. I had to go to my mothers yesterday as she wanted me to clean her computer up, as she had sold it. This computer used to be mine. I was hoping that i'd left my poetry on it because i'd lost the book i'd handwritten it all in. It was still there, i was so pleased. I read some of it and couldn't believe i'd ever been in that place to have writen such sad and heart felt poems. I try to write every now and then, but like you it takes ages. I seem also to have my creative streak flowing during my bleak moments. I think my emotions have to very strong to be able to write fluildly

I am not a very good writer at all im mean its bad really but i find when im sad,down, or just have a lot on my mind i feel like writing it even if no one reads it ever i feel some sort of relief and a slight peace with myself and Its good to get out how i feel about something

I think the term I would use is emotional. That is when I write poetry. It can be happy emotions or sad emotions or angry emotions. I don't usually write about the scenery but I might use the scenery as a metaphor. I recently sat outside my daughter's school while I waited to pick her up from basketball practice. The night before she had been whining about having to write a love poem. How can a 14 year old who has never experienced love write a love poem? Anyway, as I sat outside her school I looked at the building and started to jot down a love poem using the building as a metaphor. It actually turned out pretty cool. Sometimes in writing group I get writing prompts that I don't know what to do with and find myself writing a poem. In one case I was given a list of words to use. It was Halloween themed so I wrote a scary little poem using every word that was in the list. I did it in 10 minutes and it all rhymed. I don't thing I'm very poetic because I am not very good at description. THis is probably why I usually write from my emotions.

ALthough the impulse to write comes often when life is bringing us some difficulties and thus many people right more about sad events, sad feelings, there are others that love to write when they feel happy. In my case anything serves as an excuse to write LOL if I"m sad, happy, bored, excited:) Personally I don't feel that the time I spend writing is wasted, I find I live enough, that I enjoy my life as much as I can and still have time to write regardless of the reason why. But I also know quite a few people that are like you, which is quite normal anyway.

I used to write a lot a few years ago when my life was a total wreck. I had no friends, my family wanted me to be a super-child and never tried to understand how I was feeling, I was the stupid jokes subject in my class (because I was wearing glasses and a dental bracelet so you can imagine...) and I had no one to tell all these to. I continued writing when I got to highschool and I was at the beginning of my relationship with my boyfriend, although I was happy with him, I still had my nostalgic moments and I was usually writing for him... Now I can't write anymore. People often ask me why but I can't give an exact answer. Maybe, I was writing because I felt something was missing in my life, now I don't feel that empty spot in there... maybe I'm finally being happy and I don't feel the need to fill my soul with my writing...

I write better when I'm overflowing with emotions. Since negative emotions feels 'heavier', its easier to build them up to the point when they pour out as words. Not very healthy though :p One way I found to be very helpful for writing positive material is using our 'uplink' to the err.. 'upper management' if you know what I mean. The emotions are easier to build up, yet way more healthier. Helps improve your mood too. Talk about divine inspiration aye? ;D

Lecanis!!! I cant believe this, I really thought I was the only one who could write good poetry when Im feeling like total sh!t! LOL I too have tried to write happy poems and they come out sounding really corny and crappy. Do you think that poetry is just supposed to come from an unhappy soul?? I have read many beautiful love poems that are sad. Anytime Im feeling down about something it pours from me like you say it does you. That is so cool we share this!! As unhappy as it sounds, it makes me feel good! LOL I dont think one should live more and write less. Regardless things are going to come our way to make us feel sad or blue in some way shape or form, and I think writting it down and turning it into poetry is good therapy. Letting your emotions out on paper in any way is good for the soul, wether we are happy or sad. Bay Lay Gray xx

weither sad or glad my mood can be happy or snappy! you are always intelligent and kind with the other person in mind so write what you think! take to much time and it will stink!!!

i never wrote a poem.And i rarely write whenever i was happy or bad.

Im not a great poet writer but i do sometimes and it happens to me either. sometimes it just coems like a falling water that you cant stop writting but there are times that you need to write very urgent like you already reach the deadlines but nothing comes out to my mind,, it is normal..but we have to come-up with the better way to over come such thing as this.

Maybe you write when you are sad in order to disassociate yourself from the sorrow in your life. Putting it on paper gets it out from inside of you. If you look at all the well known poets they lived, ate and breathed their craft...it was a part of them. Their poetry exposed their soul which they then shared with others. I guess it's up to you to make of it what you will. Hopefully you don't need to write all the time because you are not always sad.

i'm trying really hard to write as i feel that i can write and i want to earn money out of it ,i can think and can write ,u check my blog http://aisha-blogs.blogspot.com// in your case i think you can write though i hvn't read any poem of urs but i know u more than 6 months now as u have very conventional life and quite sensibilities which make me feel u must have the potential it may be that u need lil polishing and that polishing can be practise means u keep writing and u never know u can do what....

there are so much you want tell others when you are sad. it seems that it can help you walking out of sadness and sharing sadness. then you are not so sad as before.when you are happy, you are happy not want to waste time.

I remember writing a poem as our school assignment in English, we must use different figures of speech, i.e., simile, metaphor, personification, etc. My teacher was happy about my poem but when she discovered that most of my classmates poem were like mine she thought I let them copy my assignment. But I told her that I just handed them my paper to give them the idea how to use the figures of speech in the poem. She was furious.

Most of my poetry only spills forth at moments of extreme emotion - usually annoyance and anger! Its my let out valve!