Poetic Verse: A Journey
Writing poetry is an art form, a creative adventure, an observation, a journey of the senses.
Poetic verse is a truly personal experience for not only the writer but also for the reader. If you're going to write poetry one of the most important things to remember is that the reading experience is greatly enhanced when the writer authors a piece that reflects his or her own actual experiences rather than a fictional piece.
When writing about a real experience the author has strong emotional connection with the content of the piece and that connection will surely be reciprocal for the reader.
Poetry is an expression of so many emotions...joy, elation, sadness, love, anger, confusion, frustration...just to name a few. Your reading audience will be able to relate so much better to a piece that comes straight from your heart.
Poetry offords the writer a virtually limitless number of themes to draw from. In my first book "Journeys In Verse" I elected to write about a diverse range of themes. Learned authors have reflected upon the concentration of a singular theme noting that emerging writers may wish to diversify their writing portfolio rather than attempting to reach out to a targeted audience.
Poetry needs to touch the heart, the mind, the soul. What could be more gratifying than a reader of your work telling you how moved they were by a particular piece. I have experienced this type of reinforcing feedback and it is truly gratifying and an enormous inspiration and motivation to keep writing.
The best way to test this theory out is to read your own work repeatedly to see what kind of reaction or emotional response you experience. Are you unsure of the merits of your piece? Did you feel a connection? Did your reading experience evoke any emotional response? If the answer to any or all of these questions is no perhaps you may wish to edit the piece prior to publication...go back to re-visit what it was that you experienced in order to breath some new life into the piece.
Once I received feedback from readers telling me that I "took them there" or "thanks so much for taking me along on such an extraordinary journey", then and only then did I feel a sense of accomplishment, a sense that I could write for a reading audience in a way that allowed them to truly experience or relate to a situation and want to see more of my writing.
Poetry is in so many ways an exploration, a quest for answers, the sharing of deeply personal thoughts or feelings...a journey.
On my website "A Poet's View" I share a collection of my original poetic works and invite you to visit . The poetry I have posted is a sampling of original poems from my first book and also my second book "Touched By A Rose" which I expect to be published soon.
Make that connection with your readers...it is such a rewarding experience for you and your reading audience.
Copyright 2006 by Don MacIver
Poetic verse is a truly personal experience for not only the writer but also for the reader. If you're going to write poetry one of the most important things to remember is that the reading experience is greatly enhanced when the writer authors a piece that reflects his or her own actual experiences rather than a fictional piece.
When writing about a real experience the author has strong emotional connection with the content of the piece and that connection will surely be reciprocal for the reader.
Poetry is an expression of so many emotions...joy, elation, sadness, love, anger, confusion, frustration...just to name a few. Your reading audience will be able to relate so much better to a piece that comes straight from your heart.
Poetry offords the writer a virtually limitless number of themes to draw from. In my first book "Journeys In Verse" I elected to write about a diverse range of themes. Learned authors have reflected upon the concentration of a singular theme noting that emerging writers may wish to diversify their writing portfolio rather than attempting to reach out to a targeted audience.
Poetry needs to touch the heart, the mind, the soul. What could be more gratifying than a reader of your work telling you how moved they were by a particular piece. I have experienced this type of reinforcing feedback and it is truly gratifying and an enormous inspiration and motivation to keep writing.
The best way to test this theory out is to read your own work repeatedly to see what kind of reaction or emotional response you experience. Are you unsure of the merits of your piece? Did you feel a connection? Did your reading experience evoke any emotional response? If the answer to any or all of these questions is no perhaps you may wish to edit the piece prior to publication...go back to re-visit what it was that you experienced in order to breath some new life into the piece.
Once I received feedback from readers telling me that I "took them there" or "thanks so much for taking me along on such an extraordinary journey", then and only then did I feel a sense of accomplishment, a sense that I could write for a reading audience in a way that allowed them to truly experience or relate to a situation and want to see more of my writing.
Poetry is in so many ways an exploration, a quest for answers, the sharing of deeply personal thoughts or feelings...a journey.
On my website "A Poet's View" I share a collection of my original poetic works and invite you to visit . The poetry I have posted is a sampling of original poems from my first book and also my second book "Touched By A Rose" which I expect to be published soon.
Make that connection with your readers...it is such a rewarding experience for you and your reading audience.
Copyright 2006 by Don MacIver
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