ON BEING A POET
CONTENT
Good poets write from personal experiences;
great poets also write from their imagination.
BAD LANGUAGE
Bad language used in context enhances; bad language used gratuitously insults.
SPELLING
It’s there: it’s not their.
It’s you’re: it’s not your.
Get it rite, get it write.
METRE
Read it out loud, if the words do not flow the metre is wrong.
The reader doesn’t want an unreadable font
so please be a dear and use one that’s clear.
STRAINING RHYME
The rhyme may be right
but never lose sight
if good language and meter
fail to feature
a line will be crossed
and the poem will be lost.
If you’re struggling to rhyme
then rewrite the line.
BABBLE TALK
It doesn’t impress.
It will only depress
- so why write it?