What are some tips on writing good poetry?

answers1: How to write good poetry: <br>
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Don't. All modern poetry is pretentious and self absorbed. All the
good poetry has already been written.
answers2: complex matter. lookup from google and yahoo. this can assist!
answers3: The best thing you can do to help your own writing is read
lots of good poetry. Read the great poets of the past, and read a
wide variety of the poetry being published today. Don't read just one
kind of poetry. Stretch your imagination by reading both formal verse
(poetry that uses rhyme and meter) and free verse. You'll be amazed
how much your own writing improves as you expose yourself to the work
of more experienced poets. <br>
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A couple of things you'll notice about good poetry: <br>
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Concrete images are better than abstractions. Instead of making
statements about "love," "life," "truth," "justice," and so on, write
about things that readers can see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. <br>
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Specific details are better than vague generalizations. Don't just
tell your readers that a person is smart, brave, kind, etc.; show
those traits in action. Don't just say that a scene is beautiful or
peaceful or scary or whatever; give details that let the readers
experience for themselves what it's like.
answers4: problematic subject. try searching in search engines like
google. just that can help!
answers5: the best thing to keep in mind is to remember to keep your
heart in the poems. Without heart poetry is purely words on paper...
answers6: You already have some good (and poor) advice here but one
thing that is seldom mentioned is Vocabulary. <br>
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It is not necessary to become a sesquipedalian (someone who uses big
words) in order to write good poetry. However, a "good" poem often
hinges on its words, and finding a "best" word is often a matter of
trial and error. The larger your vocabulary, the more choices you will
have at your command. <br>
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Read a lot, keeping a dictionary with you as you read. In addition to
looking up the new words you encounter, you should also stop and look
up familiar words that are used in different ways.
answers7: i love poetry and recently finished a two or three week
course on it. i learned that there are different types of poems that
can help you if you feel stuck because it will help with format.
however, i find that my best poems are the poems that i write free
verse, with no set structure. Also, not all poems rhyme so dont force
it. all poems with forced rhyme schemes sound childish and
amateurish. take note of punctuation and the end of lines because
depending where you cut lines or stanzas can create a pause in the
reader because their eyes see white or a period and its a small pause
that creates dramatic effect. a lot of times i have lines that are one
word long. also i like to use repititon. oh and poems are hardely ever
revised, idk why thats just what my creative writing teacher said.
hope i helped and good luck :)