Starting-a-Poem
Starting a poem
Here’s some ways I’ve found to Start-before-you-are-readya poem.
- Use Prompts.
- Free-Writing and Write-to-a-Timer
- Write from a picture prompt (Ekphrastic-Writing)
- Writing-Exercise
- Embrace-Randomness
- How are you feeling? Write around that
Then look at Editing-A-Poem
It’s important to try to find Ways-to-Focus.
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Poetry Resources
Here’s a list of things that have helped me with poetry (as opposed to more general [[Writing-Resources]] or [[Publishing-Resources]].
Writing Index
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Write about one image
A way of [[Starting-a-Poem]], or [[Editing-A-Poem]]. Instead of a scattershot approach of differing images throughout a poem, try focusing a...