how to write a poem

Easy way to write a poem.

1.Write 2-3 related sentences.

 There was nothing on the TV last night.I decided to call my friends and we went out to the cafe.

2.Edit them a bit,turn them upside down,etc.

Nothing,nothing there was,

Last night on the TV,

on the TV. 

 To call my friends,

My friends,I decided,

I decided. 

So we,

out we went, 

to the cafe,

the cafe.

nothing on the TV,

Last night. 

Here is a modern poem with no rhymes.Thats what a modern poem is.

Your ideas? 

"Here is a modern poem with no rhymes.Thats what a modern poem is."

In other words, a weird speech. (Sorry, but I am generally disappointed by modern poetry.) I prefer rhymes, syllables, and meter if I can manage. Some modern poetry is good, but without any structure to the poem, the words and the timing are all that's there to pick up the slack. So I think it is actually harder to write (good) modern poetry.

I think there is rather more to poetry than simply rhyming the words!  You're trying use words in a creative and novel way.

I've always been more of a logical person than a creative person so last year someone recommended I try to write a poem - this is what I came up with:

Standing at the station

Standing at the station

Waiting, always waiting

Will today be a lucky day

Or am I destined to remain

Cold and wet, trying to

Hide from the icy wind.

Putrid smell from the shelter

Leaves me hovering half in, half out.

Discarded cigarettes are strewn

Around my feet.  The cold

Remains of a hamburger lies

Congealing on the floor.

‘Expected in one minute’

Says the display board

My hopes are raised

Eyes straining for confirmation

The bright lights are welcome

The warmth of the carriage awaits.

It was published in a local poetry anthology, so I was quite pleased.  Not bad for a mathematics graduate!

hmm