Help with writing!?!?!?!?!?!?

Question

Help with writing!?!?!?!?!?!?
I have been trying to write poetry and lyrics for a long time, but I just cant get my feelings into words. Any advice on how to let it all out and sound good?

Answer

First off, it will help you tremendously to read other poems. if you dont then thats like saying, quotI like film making, but I dont like to watch movies.quot or quotI like cooking, but not eating.quot It goes hand in hand. also study up on technique. learn schemes and try to emulate them with your own style. because later on if you want to be a rebel and defy rules, you have to first be educated in which rules your making a statement against. finally stop thinking about what a poem should be. poems dont have to rhyme or be metered. i have read some that where only one word for examplebrquotlighghtquotbrwhich is a poem about the reflective nature of light.brif your having trouble starting just start writing. write about your life or anything that happened in your day. no matter how lame or mundane you think it it. just put your pen to paper and write! the hardest part is actually starting. just begin and you can always shorten things up later.brone last bit of advice is this. every word you write isnt some precious thing. be willing to edit and reedit your work. its rare that your going to get your poem right the first time. even the greats have redone their work and released multiple versions of books.br