Here's some advice for all you budding poets out there. Start a poetry journal and start writing a poem everyday.
To get started all you need is a notebook and a pencil. Everytime you're inspired by something you've experienced write it down while it's still fresh in your mind.
You'll find that a lot of what you've written is rubbish but that does not matter. What matter is you're getting into the habit of writing on a regular basis and by doing that your skills as a poet will improve with the practice you will get by keeping a poetry journal.
To get started all you need is a notebook and a pencil. Everytime you're inspired by something you've experienced write it down while it's still fresh in your mind.
You'll find that a lot of what you've written is rubbish but that does not matter. What matter is you're getting into the habit of writing on a regular basis and by doing that your skills as a poet will improve with the practice you will get by keeping a poetry journal.
it can put the heart at ease or under strain
and as that word to each other we spoke
it made our hearts complete and not broke
a feeling unlike any other i felt
as you heavenly eyes made my heart melt
you were always the one, i could tell
cause from the moment i saw you in love i fell
the words to describe you a poet can never posses
you were always the one that was hard to impress
you wanted more than poetry and flowers could give
because only on true love your heart could live
to capture my heart for you it only took
one moment one smile and one unforgettable look
as if you gave me a choice
everything about you i loved
all other feelings aside i shoved
on your every word i hung
and even among
a crowd, only you i see
nowhere else i would rather be
these feelings for you, that are kept inside
i can no longer hide
everything about you i admire
you are all i desire
so kind, so sweet, so passionate
everytime our eyes met
my heart would race
while looking at your smiling face
full of buety, life, and joy
with my emotions you play like a toy
like a wild beast, my emotions cannot be tame
and i don't even know your name
Courtesy of the cartoonist, Clangnuts
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