Help me, I want to write a poem!

Figure out what kind of poem you want to write and find a way to incorporate your subject into it. There is haiku, cinquain, acrosstic, free verse..just to name a few. Poems don't always rhyme. Write some practice poetry and seek out unbiased opinions. Maybe run it across a literature teacher and ask their advice.

Get yourself a dictionary if you are a person who lacks good vocabulary. If not then all you need to do is select a topic that inspires you, get into the mood and go along with the flow. Poem's needn't always rhyme. There are a great deal of poems which are so dramatic that they seem like a ripoff from a movie. If your poem can deliver such an effect, then rhyming becomes 2nd priority. All the best for the competition :)

You may find it hard to write a poem if you are not really a poet. The least you can do is write down your thoughts, just whatever that comes to your mind about the title that was given, then from there you just have to arrange the words, like a sonnet or break the words to make it look and sound like a poem. If you have friends who can write, ask help. I'm sure they'd be glad to help you.

Haii friend.. You can do it if you try little.I was not a poem writter.But I had tried to attempt it.And it was successful.All people appreciated me.Can you write a poem with your own interesting topic?? If,you have to take some topic like rain,love or something like that.because you have some experience with it.The things which we experienced will be very effective or easy to deal with. If not,you have to read a lot of poems before attending the contest.share the experience here..All the best.. :)

Hi Bisweet ! You don't need to worry , it is just so simple because you have already the skill in writing , all you need is a heart now . You write anything you feel with a heart ! That emotion buried down , you ignite that and am so sure the output will be perfect ! No need to base poetry to some standard . Poetry must comes in so naturally, just have a timing with your mood . If you write when it in mood , even yourself you will be amazed in how you arrive for that poetry. All the best Sweet !

To be able to do any particular thing successfully in life, two of the requirements you must posses are Talent and passion. I discover that the reason why you suddenly want to become a poet is because a poetry competition comes up and you want to participate. But you need to ask yourselve whether poetry is your area or talent, while I in turn, ask you whether your have a passion for it. However, I will tell you not to lose hope. If you must participate in the competition, go and buy a poetry handbook or download many poem topics from search engines. Read many of the poems repeatedly. This is the best way to learn poetry. After your reading, trust me, you will have idea of how to write poems. You may now begin to develope from there. Who knows, you may become a famous poet in the future, if you really have the passion for it. Haven't I given you something?

I like your sense of participation for the fun of it. There are lots of different forms of poetry but basically they are ones with rhythm and rhyme and others that do not. I suggest you read a few of both types and decide which you prefer. There is a discipline to writing the first sort as the ends of some of the lines must sound the same, and there is metre to consider. I personally favour this. The freely written poetry is modern and it does require practice to get the flow and the kind of language that lifts it above prose and into poetry. Good luck.

Hi besweet! That is good. Try participating in poem contest you'll never know you might win. I experience that and I won first prize in the picture poem contest in one writing website. I was so happy then and it inspired me to write poem always. The poems can be free verse or comes in different forms or the traditional poem. The free verse does not rhyme and has no meters while other forms have particular style and metered too. Some rhymes and some are not as long as the meter is right. The tratidional poem rhymes. Just focus on the theme and topic given. Poem is a kind of self-expression so just be natural and truthful. The flow of the poem must be good too and one element is the used of personification and metaphors wherein you compare persons or things to inanimate objects (e.g.the love of a mother is pure and white as a dove, tongue like swords can kill,...) I really hope you can try it. Good luck. :-)

Why not try first on your FACEBOOK friends I think they can help you a lot. Compose a poem and let them check for you.