What are good topics for poetry?

Question:

What are good topics for poetry?

Any ideas?
Stuff that will touch people, get through to them, stuff that there is lots to write about, etc... basically, anything!
Or, what poetry topics would YOU like to read about??

Would you like reading poems that rhyme more or poems that dont?

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
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