Poetry


Question by rainysunday5450:

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I really would like to start writing poetry.


What are some subjects I can write about?
What are some good tips?
How do I start?
Good poets to look up?




Best answer:

Answer by TD Euwaiteâ„¢
Start at the bottom of your list. Here's my suggested reading list.

The ancient Greeks: Homer; Sappho; Aesop (not a poet, but a genius of the metaphor).

Then try some French from Voltaire and Victor Hugo.

The great English poets next: Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw, for example.

Then finish with Walt Whitman, ee cummings and Emily Dickinson.

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