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Position:Home>Arts & Humanities> What are good topics for poetry?Question: What are good topics for poetry?Any ideas? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I believe that anything well written is a good topic. This is a great question and one that has caused many, many debates over the years. I prefer rhyming and meter to free style. I have found very few people can make a free style poem sound beautiful, clear and still get the point across. Anyone can write what they are thinking and feeling at a given moment, few can make it a poem. That's why I don't do it, but also poems come to me in rhyme and meter. And I can tell you I have never had to scracrifice meaning for word rhyme. But I also don't write very short poems. I think that is just me...*smiles* example: Depression There are times when the pain is just too much When conscious thought only brings more tears When your mind has to shout ??take a deep breath?? While you look back and count how many years You know in your heart that this too shall pass But each time it seems to take a bit longer You tell yourself that things aren??t all that bad But the doubt in your mind has gotten stronger Things that make your heart light get pushed down deeper Things that make you smile have gone there too It doesn??t matter what you think you want Each time that you go there seems like the last to you Insecurity is so hard to master Doubts and fears just seem to expand with time The unconscious barrier that holds them down Gets thinner while you sit and wonder why People tell you to think of the good times As if there were that many to recall So you make an effort to be positive Hoping that you can scale those inner walls Walls that were built for self-preservation Were also built so very long ago They are there to protect you from life??s pains And to help you keep from falling too low So here you are deep into this depression Maybe you even know the reasons why But that doesn??t mean you can change anything No matter how desperately you try Susan Palmer-Davis Copyright ⩠2002 All Rights Reserved |