Writing Poems | Examples of Writing Poetry

Reliving every moment since it started, the good, the bad, the downright pitiful mistakes made by yours truly, wiser with age through the journey of discovery. Sadly, the other bearing the brunt of it, no one is to blame if...Read the rest...

They call to me These poems Lost minstrels Singing in a silent Wilderness A sunrise Gently awakening A forest Soft rain Tickling flowers Fall winds Whispering In the pines Chipmunks A moonlight kiss Remembered The circles Of a lazy hawk The scent Of her pillow The angst Of a sorrow Recalling a tear These words These poems Calling me To the...Read the rest...

April 30—Poem about poetry Why Do I write These poems every day? Why do I spend so much time Writing down these verses That few will ever see? Why do I bother? The only answer is because I must write daily My inner...Read the rest...

...Now some may think this trend depressing, there’s this idea our creators’ minds understand things on some deep level when they happen to craft the sublime. But I, as one more wayward writer, find the crapped-masterpiece comforting, since years of work...Read the rest...

It’s funny to look at creatives, painters, writers, musicians and such, look back across their bodies of work, and laugh at how much of it is luck, that things they put their whole soul into now languish deep in obscurity, while...Read the rest...

* Artists of every kind, I believe, are but tools for something far grander … what that is, I’ll leave to the philosophers. * ~ bend … your voice to...Read the rest...

Jamais Vu ~ "The feeling of being unfamiliar with something that is familiar. The opposite of deja vu." These days, life is shroud in a fog so vivid I’m forgetting what it was like before I’m feeling saner...Read the rest...

Indigo shades the western light, Amber suffuses Shaman’s sight, Mottled moans of a whispered soul, Bellows churning Phaethon’s coals. Embrace the night-birds warbled song, In chanting verse that lasts not long, Nor echoes past the dying sun, Gifts given gone but not...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From quill to parchment in graceful arcs, ink tells tales from dawn till dark. Stories unfold in each little mark, a writer’s journey, a creative spark. ...Read the rest...

To the fire in the storm, thank you. Thank you for fueling me with rage that has led to such feverish words; Thank you for the reminder that a downpour of pain is temporary. So paint! So write!...Read the rest...

People should be warned, people should get wise, Or else they might find, a nasty surprise, Early hours, Tuesday, sirens broke the peace, That was the sound of Poetry Police, Rushing to the door, I asked “what’s my...Read the rest...

Writing is fun Challenging our mind Doing this one. You will find Asking your muse Words are assigned. You’ll then choose None but three You may use....Read the rest...

Read Ted Kooser. Save your egg cartons until you have a fitted stack tall enough to be mistaken for an art project. Melt them down in a bucket of water. See how the float at...Read the rest...

I put my pen to paper , what should I say Maybe comment on the brilliant sunshine coming my way Or perhaps about life's opportunities would be a good place to start I could wrrite about the love...Read the rest...

Left behind enemy line waving a torn flag but I’m fine dirt on my face my boots worn bullets passing by me with the speed of lightning rapid friendly fire exploded my skull dust clears...Read the rest...