Poetry Writing Tips

Words are weapons. Your words can change the way people look at the world and our guides will help you improve.

We use our poetry to write our own life stories, and not all chapters in those stories are serious.

If you are just starting out writing poetry, it might seem intimidating to write about really deep emotions right away.

Music is something that we are all exposed to and it touches each of us in different ways.

Did you know that there are famous books (like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein) that are based on dreams?

Some people find their inspiration from looking to the future.

You already use rhythm and rhyme when you write poetry.

Acrostic poetry is a fun and simple type of poetry which will allow you to experiment with different writing techniques and formatting a

This type of poem comes from Italy, and translates to “third rhyme.” You might be familiar with poetry that is made up of four lines at

A haiku is a type of poem which will allow you to practice focusing on specific numbers of lines and syllables in your poetry writing.

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