6 tips to make the most of your poetry practice

by Maja Todorovic, posted in Business in Rhyme, Read, write, lead!, Write, create, innovate!

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Do you remember your first time writing a poem? That feeling of possibility of written word acting like a bridge between your ordinary world and other limitless realities?…We can revive those moments each time we commit to writing or reading poetry, to have that freshness we are looking for in sometimes routine and monotones practice.

Here I will share few tips that I’ve found to work for me, each time I start to lose that feeling of connectedness and intimate conversation I need in order to make ‘poetry work for me’.

While writing:

  1. Always bring intention forward

This is one of the ways to shut down that judgmental part of mind and simply surrender yourself to words. Be open to whatever comes up – no matter how silly or unfocused it might sound. Instead of trying to control your thoughts, bring your intention to poem – let your poem take over and simply capture that true moment of your life. That kind of release can give you an emotional upheaval and leave you feel lighter and regenerated.

  1. Engage all your senses

You have your senses for a reason and use them to adequately express what ever you are experiencing in that moment. Your eyes, your mouth, your ears, your nose and your skin can tell the story – let them help you in your writing practice. The more details you put in describing that moment, the more authenticity your poem gets and portraits better experience to your reader. Poem takes a life on its own and reader  becomes the part of your world. In this way you are practicing also your objectivity, focus and ability to stay mindful.

  1. Entwine emotion in your writing

Often we fall into trap of writing about emotion, describing feelings and sensations instead of letting out words to translate our immersion into emotion. To have that internal satisfaction with your writing you need to write while reliving that particular feeling. It will make presented experience believable for your reader. Writing good poem is not always about using better technique, fancy words and adjectives. Sometimes is quite the opposite. Turning off that analytical side of mind and simply  diving deep into your subconsciousness is a creation of poem where you’ve just found that raw, unpolished diamond – valuable but one that needs right words to shine through.

  1. Proactively read poetry

It is well known fact that writers must read in order to  grow. But you can take some simple steps to make more of your reading time. One of the things I like to do is to rewrite in separate notebook poems I particularly like. Instead of having them in separate poetry collections or computer files in this way I can refer to them in one place whenever I like. Writing down poems by hand has another benefit for me as it allows me to more easily follow the rhythm of poem and simply feel it through my hand. It helps me also to remember phrases and words I would like to incorporate in my writing. As it is suggested in this article you can make lists of words you like, your own ‘poetry stacks’ that you can refer to as a resource for inspiration and writing prompts. I’ve been entertaining this idea for some time now and I think is worth a try.

5. Support poetry

in different creative ways by listening to it, reciting it, buying it and most importantly by sharing your own work. Submit and publish whenever opportunity presents itself – it’s a sure way towards impact and contribution we want to make. And as plus you improve your writing skills!

6.Find other interesting ways to incorporate more poetry in your life

That can be through studying, journaling, mindfulness practice…you can use it for brainstorming creative solutions to problems or simply to create an intimate and sincere gift for your loved one. Possibilities are endless, but the more you engage in this practice the more world around you will start to match your new found perspectives – don’t miss that beauty.

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34 thoughts on “6 tips to make the most of your poetry practice”

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  8. Aside from and beyond the emotion and intent of a poem the words themselves have a strong power to intensify the intent and emotion. They also have the strange power to reach out to other words by their sound and meaning. And even if those other words do not appear they can attain a ghostly presence.

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  10. An excellent post with some great tips Maja. Point 5 about supporting poetry is very true. The more time we can take to support other poets and their work will reap benefits for everyone involved in the world of poetry.

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      1. I agree Maja. In my view anyone who has the courage to put their thoughts and words on paper should be supported. A piece of writing is only good or bad in the reader’s mindset. We have to get beyond that 🙂

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  15. Writing poetry is a wonderful outlet! I write every day, and often what I write is a poem….or in poetric form. Poetry doesn’t have to rhyme, and the rhythm of words and thoughts will make its own form. At times the thought will cross my mind that a poem is silly…or boring…or over-done…even obnoxious. However…when that is the case the thing that is important is to get it out where it can be read. Fans will love it, or like it, or tolerate it….critics will hate it, pick it apart, or ignore it. That’s OK….I write it, and post it, and never take attendance to see who reads it. 🙂

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