How do u write poems that dont rhyme?

[chiwawa626]

How do u write poems that dont rhyme?
Is there a trick to it, because to me it just sounds like some "deep" crap...

 

[pulse8]

It should just sound right, I guess. I think you need to form the lines in way that'll force the reader to read it how you want it to be read. With the correct breaks and whatnot.

 

[yakko]

You just spew it out and some of it will be good enough to call poetry. Unfortunately I don't think much of it is good.

 

[chiwawa626]

eh i need to write a poem about "my personal image of america" this is gay...ryhming or non rhymed...eh anyone have ideas..

 

[leozh]

Modern poetry is crap.

 

[Spoooon]

Just string together some words that try and make it sound "deep" and "moody."

America
Land of the free
Or of slaves
To fashion, vice, money
Home of the brave
The apathetic, the callous
blah blah blah


Just continue on with some similar rubbish.

 

[chiwawa626]

MOOOORE!

 

[Hyperblaze]

It all depends on the kind of poetry you want to write.

For example, love poems you just write from your heart. How you feel and such.

General type poems - those vary...you can either be describing a story, explaining a sentiment, just about anything goes.

Kinda hard to explain.

 

[Spoooon]

Oh, and to make it "deeper" and more "meaningful", use all lower case letters and no punctuation.

 

[glenn1]

<< How do u write poems that dont rhyme? >>



Writing poems that do not rhyme is easy, and anyone can do it.

Writing poems that do not rhyme, and also don't totally suck, well, that's a different story

 

[ElFenix]

the real difference between poetry and prose is page layout.

 

[palad]

I used to write a bit of poetry, when I was younger. I will still write some once in a while, but I have to have the right inspiration. I remember looking for a 'hook'. Maybe it was a rhyme pattern, maybe it was a rhythm pattern, mabe a word pattern or a cycle of thought or anything else that I could shape the poem around.

 

[chiwawa626]

bump/4000th post..hehe

please help me write the poem, give me ideas for verses

 

[stndn]

go sit in the park or something, and write text (not poem) on the topic
if the inspiration comes, translate those to poems
if they don't, try again tomorrow

as glenn1 mentioned:
--Writing poems that do not rhyme is easy, and anyone can do it.
Writing poems that do not rhyme, and also don't totally suck, well, that's a different story--

and that's more difficult than writing poems that rhymes, actually...

and btw, if you want poetry challenge, try writing something like this:
...abcd rhyme1
...def rhyme2
...ghij rhyme1
...klm rhyme2
......def rhyme2
......1111 rhyme3
......klm rhyme2
......2222 rhyme3
...1111 rhyme3
...zzzz rhyme4
...2222 rhyme3
...mmmm rhyme4

not sure if it's making sense, but basically you repeat line 2 and 4 on the next verse, while still keeping the poem in good sense... i used to write that kind of poem (not in english though), but that was a long time ago...

anyways.... get off your computer, outside your hibernation cave, watch the outside world, and let the inspirations come to you... it's easier that way

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[chiwawa626]

I added onto spoons stuff for starters, what do u think:
America,
Land of the free,
Or of the slaves,
With love and hate,
Home of the brave,
A land of many faces,
From rich to poor
And of all different races,
Savior of the nations,
In a time of need,
But friend of discrimination,
In times of greed,
This vast and wonderful place,
Will always be here for others to embrace.

 

[gopunk]

rhythm

 

[glenn1]

Here's one from a professional to get you inspired a bit for your writing, Chiwawa

Swans

You were both quiet, looking out over the water
It was not now, it was years ago,
before you were married.
The sky above the sea had turned
the odd pale peach color of early evening
from which the sea withdrew, bearing
its carved boats: your bodies were like that.
But her face was raised to you,
against the dull waves, simplified
by passion. Then you raised your hand
and from beyond the frame of the dream
swans came to settle on the scaled water.
The sea lay mild as a pool. At its edge,
you faced her, saying
These are yours to keep. The horizon burned,
releasing its withheld light.
And then i woke. But for days
when i tried to imagine you leaving your wife
I saw her motionless before your gift:
always the swans glide unmenacing across
the rigid blue of the Pacific Ocean, then rise
in a single wave, pure white and devouring.

Louise Gluck

 

[Cyberian]

<< Oh, and to make it "deeper" and more "meaningful", use all lower case letters and no punctuation. >>


Thanks, e.e.

 

[stndn]

--<< Oh, and to make it "deeper" and more "meaningful", use all lower case letters and no punctuation.>>
Thanks, e.e.--

try this (from e.e.cummings):

l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
l
iness

how's that for a poem that don't rhyme?
maybe you can submit this as your personal image ... depending on your mood, swith to up/down ward mode as necessary

a(some
1
ha
ve)
me
ri
(n
o)
ca
(life)



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