What makes a good poem?

[Egg Drop Soup]

A poem is a collection of words and syllables, all pertaining to their own unique sensible style. One can find that a poem flows in a steady tranquil rhythm?but?do all poems have to rhyme to be good?

It?s true that a poem that does rhyme seems to flow better (depending on the poem). But it doesn?t necessarily mean that all poems should contain rhymes as well.

Each poem is unique in that it harbors an individual expression and many different types of commutative crossings between words. A Poem is expression, emotion, and all that the writer makes out of it?Whether those feelings contrast well within the lines of the author?s words, determines whether it?s good or not.

~EDS

(I?m not so sure I got the meaning of what a real poem is... completely right?I may be wrong, but I think I got the highlights of it. Since a poem really is what the writer and readers make out of it)

[Calla Lily]

Poems do not have to rhyme, and that in itself has many different styles. There's the classic ending rhyme, the internal rhyme, and muc more technical terms, and half of them I can't recall.

Theoretically, there is no wrong way to interpret a poem, and not all poems are meant to be a steady tranquil rhythm. Some are just ... strange, to-the-point, and unnerving - in order to get the emotional and perspective across to the readers.

There are also different styles: variations of the sonnet, rhyming patterns, haikus, limericks, free verse, blank verse, epics, and almost everything else inbetween.

However, EGS, you are right in the sense that a poem is what the writer wishes to express through a certain number of words, and is often more symbolic or narrative as opposed to a written piece of fiction.

I hope that helped.

~Calla.

[Egg Drop Soup]

thanks calla, you're right on that one. Not all poems have to be steady and tranquil...but how do you write a poem so that it isn't to lengthy or streses the meaning far more than what you want it to?

I have a lot of trouble with that.

[Calla Lily]

First off, the inspiration may just hit you and you scribble something down. Reading other works usually helps as well. If you're going to something not 'too lengthy,' try a haiku - for the senses, or a limerick - for humour. As for your other question, I really can't help you there, the reader may have a different connection to the poem that what you originally intended it to be, on occassion it turns out that way.

Try not to stress too much, EGS. Here's a limerick or two that might help, they're quite non-sensical, and other limerick are just plain bawdy.


A flew and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let's us fly!" said the flea
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
- - - Ogden Nash


There once was a man from Peru,
Who dreamed of eating his shoe,
he awoke with a fright,
in the middle of the night,
and found that his dream had come true!
- - - Laura Black


~Calla.

[Calla Lily]

First off, the inspiration may just hit you and you scribble something down. Reading other works usually helps as well. If you're going to something not 'too lengthy,' try a haiku - for the senses, or a limerick - for humour. As for your other question, I really can't help you there, the reader may have a different connection to the poem that what you originally intended it to be, on occassion it turns out that way.

Try not to stress too much, EGS. Here's a limerick or two that might help, they're quite non-sensical, and other limerick are just plain bawdy.


A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let's us fly!" said the flea
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
- - - Ogden Nash


There once was a man from Peru,
Who dreamed of eating his shoe,
he awoke with a fright,
in the middle of the night,
and found that his dream had come true!
- - - Laura Black


~Calla.

[Calla Lily]

Aw, crudmuffins, double posted.

[Egg Drop Soup]

lol, thanks for your help. I have a basic idea of how I want it to go, but it's being stuborn. *laughs* Your posts helped a bunch, thanks again.

~EDS

[teardropdangel]

*I know, I'm late*
What makes a good poem?

In my opinion:
Emotion, emotion, emotion