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Question: A question i ask, no poem--need the experienced to give their view on this one please!.!.!.!?
I have heard it said that when you write a poem you should let it set for 2 weeks and then see if it is any good!. Is this true!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I'm not a poet, but in my try I saw
the first draft isn't but row feelings & ideas, which are MOST IMPORTANT I would say to try to preserve something of them for the final form of the poem!. Else, by passing time, EVERYTHING CAN drastically change!. Imagine that you cannot keep the fire of the initial moment feelings for the next couple of days, or even a week !.!.!.!!?! You shall have a PERFECT, but false ''GOOD'' POEM!.

It may happen for someones to have many poems a day, or none into weeks!.

The special initial moment of inspiration must be still there or somewhere close, warm, and YES some many rewritings are better than the first form, BUT this is upon experience, & inspiration!.

And NO, don't LET it SET FOR 2 weeks - it will be a PERFECT SURROGATE of a real capodopera!. WORK it still WARM, I would say!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Writing poetry is similar to writing prose or writing an essay!. A completed poem requires several drafts and rewrites!.

A poem is like a child!. When you give birth to a poem, it is young and helpless!. It does not have its own voice!. Gradually, as you revisit your poem, you reconstruct it and give it a voice!.

A poem is a creation and you are the creator!. A poem must grow and evolve!. When most poets write their initial draft of a poem, they free write!. The result is usually incoherent garbage!. Once the ideas are written down, they allow the poem to rest and revisit it later to revise it!. Some poets wait only a few days!. Some wait a couple of weeks!. Some poets even wait several years before completing a final draft of a poem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Depends I suppose on who you ask,
I do not agree!.
I think you write it, you either love it or hate it or are ambivilent
You keep it trash it, or set it aside to revisit!.!. In that order!.!.
My opinion only and I am sticking to it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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So often I have wondered why,
The great poets of today do not try,
To praise poetry which folks compose,
Perhaps limited time they have to dispose!.

Some say express, as poems speak,
Others say ‘wtf’ poetry makes them weep,
Given an opportunity of having been read,
New poets’ works can be truly assessed!.

Self-styled critics of poetry on line,
Poems you like please do define,
Please say a word of praise if you can,
Be it not truthful, but be a wonderful man!.

Yahoo allows poets to become immortal,
As they do and naturally are born emotional,
There is no better way than to have your say,
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