How to Write Poetry

The other posting was not the whole How to Write series, silly me :|

The best poets read widely

What makes a poem?

You need to learn the rules in order to break them

A poem is artificial, artful. It is not simply a mirror

A good poetic structure protects the essence of the poem

Developing & editing

The form of a poem is more dynamic than that of a puzzle

Read your words aloud, even if you have only a few of them

Poems are able to express the things we find hardest to say

The beauty of a poem, like the beauty of an equation, lies in its precision

A poem must contain itself, and all the reader needs

Some forms

Checklist

What next?