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Question: What inspires you to write poetry!?
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I have a dim light!.!.!.
that enters the conscience
poetry makes it brighter for all to see!.
then relief comes in a word
that there are others that share
the lights that bother me

they have their lights
dim but steady
together we make them glow
so in the end
we all together
enhance what we already knowWww@QuestionHome@Com

Inspiration to writing poetry:
When I write poetry there are some things
that go through my mind
I think of my brother, grandma ( on my mom's side )
and my uncles all deceased
I attended a writer's group for a while
Where I am from I did a poem on the city 2 years ago
when it had its centennial
the year before the province its centennial
and Canada its centennial although I did
the celebrations part and history!.
A couple of writer in residence from 2004 - 2005
and another one was from 2005 - 2006Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree with most of them here, that it is the things that happen in your life that inspires you to write poems!. But it is not just anything, it is the things that impact you the most, such that you want to write the poem to convey your thoughts about that particular thing about your life!.

When i wrote poems, i wrote it because i wasn't selected as captain of my sports group, and because i was greatly saddened and impacted by the fact that i wasn't selected as sports captain, i wrote a poem which has a message that tells my teachers and sports team commitee to f*** off, but i crafted the poem to be about a mother who aborted her child, so my sports team won't come to know that i'm infurated by them not choosing me as captain!.

As you see, i wrote that poem because i want to have a rant!. When people are impacted by things, some indulge in spending money, some eat a lot, and some write poems to let off steam, or to shout out any message!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Inspiration can come from many things, something you have seen or heard, a memory of times gone by, a dream, the mood you are in!.
In short absolutely anything, and a lot of the time the inspiration comes when you haven't got anything to write on/with, or to record it with!.
Mike t!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The situation that I find myself in!. I write all types of poems reflecting on whats happening around me!. Most of them are either funny or have a sarcastic tinge to them I must admit but saying that they do get printed in either the National papers or our local issues!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I write the way i feel at the time!. I also think of memories that have had strong influences on me (such as gang crime, stuff like that)!. Things that have big impacts are easier to wriet about but i find that writing poems for the purpose of being funny is much harder than first anticipated!.
xWww@QuestionHome@Com

Baths and humidity inspires!.
Poetry has its own gravity
Pulling the words from
My sky mind like rain,
Donner und Blitzen,
and soggy gifts
flow to the sea
of plastic toys,
yellow duckies
splashing
in oval tubs
of delight!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the kids, health, money, puppy's, the weather, diets, holidays, sweets, clothes ,boredom, lots of things that are my life i suppose!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hope, fear, pain, the death of a loved one, emotions just about everything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sometimes the sky
or what's on TV
Sometimes I just read books
with lots of poetry!.

Occasionally I'll meet
a friend who is fun,
I'll strip her naked
to look at her bum!.

LMFAOWww@QuestionHome@Com

It keeps me from smoking cigarettes!. It connects me to other poets!. It stimulates my mind!. It forces me to use words I wouldn't normally use in everyday conversation!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Everything that goes on around me, and my friends are what inspires me to write poetry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Being madly in love or being really down (or both feelings at the same time!)!. Unfortunately, when I'm in a "normal" state of mind, I've got no inspiration!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My constant anger, frustration, obsessiveness, ignorance and everlasting naivity!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

…the music within my soul inspires me to write the poetry of love, life and even its cruel existence!.

*wink
SkyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Writing two lines that read as though someone else wrote them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My inner most feelings and some times it's done out of pain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

my mood most of the time!.check out mine!?
it's called pretty or ugly!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

tragedy and the inevitability of doom!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

HeartbreakWww@QuestionHome@Com

it comes from my soul, to my heart and out on pen and paper!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

toilet paperWww@QuestionHome@Com

What is going on in my life!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Life and my busy tongue!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Love, or being in love!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Death!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i'm made toWww@QuestionHome@Com