I just cant write poetry!

The title says it all. Here is a small demonstration...

 Feelings and emotions,

Happiness and glee.

The epitome of what makes a person write,

What they think is poetry.

 

From the images of a blue rose in the snow,

To the joy of a monsoon sky.

Are some of the things poets write,

Make readers imagine as their eyes pass by.

 

But what I think makes sheer poetry,

Is when some one writes from the heart and soul.

From the depth of what they have and feel,

From a deeper extent of what is real.

 

But my words just don’t rhyme,

And the meanings just don’t match.

I just cross out the lines,

And begin once again from scratch.

 

I just don’t have the depth,

The feelings to hold true.

The passion of something I truly love,

Be it red, white or topaz blue.

 

The words just don’t make sense,

And I have no intensity desired.

My poetry is just meaningless,

And I am really getting tired!

 

I shall stick on to the stories I write,

And leave this world of couplets and rhyme.

For I don’t have the passion, feeling or might,

Nothing wanted, or nothing truly mine.

 

Now take this as an example,

I bet you all can see.

That no matter how hard I really try,

I just CANT write poetry!

 

 

 

Author's Note

Written purely for fun. And i really cant write poems. Honest. =]

Reviews

[bluessadmood]

Oh I think I disagree with you..I dont think there is a difference between poetry and writing stories..
I think a real talented story writer who want his stories to shake the reader ,he has to be a poet to write stories
They all ask for imagination and lots of feelings,and dreaming of what you write..what you write,stories or poetry
should be dreamy full of images and thoughts..images that will take us far,will shut us out of the world around us
for a while,a while a space in time that could not count by the minutes..you are just lost in time and space
when you are writing poetry or stories..you could not tell where you are..you are so detached from real life or the world around you
if you could feel that while writing ,then you are a poet and writing poetry,no mater if what you are writing was a story
or the thing that they call poetry..its a special feeling ,a special state of mind,when you write..you could feel it
What you wrote here was poetry..and I loved it..
lovely write..

[Raef C. Boylan]

Although this poem is a little stilted, that's probably just lack of practise. Plus, humorous poetry tends to be that way. Like other people have said, you ironically prove here that you are capable of writing poetry; you took care to challenge your vocabulary [and, subsequently, that of your reader]; you had a clear message/thought to convey; you did a nice job with the rhyme [although, of course, poetry doesn't necessarily have to rhyme, nor does it need to be laid out in formal stanzas etc].
Therefore, I think that while prose may be your strength, if poetry started to appeal, you'd be more than OK. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[Just Plain Me]

You say you can't write poetry...then you write this awesome poem? Well that's what is called a fib. lol
Great Job :]

[Isolophobe]

lol i think this is how every author has felt one time or another. i know I have. it has a crisp, clean way of delivering the meaning too. good job mate.

[shane]

haha, that was brilliant, i love poems like these written about how the person can't write or has no inspiration,
this is my favorite one so far!!

[Nish Nish the Fish]

ahaha, oh but you CAN write poetry, this proved it =)
well done!
its okay though, if poetry's not your thing, you've written a few brilliant stories, so why stop doing something you're great at and try doing something you dont like?
i agree with you on your take of what poetry is, it requires depth, and passion, and intensity and id like to add, honesty.
you may as well have just reminded me of my own passion for poetry =) thank you!

[Stacey Watts]

This was a wonderful piece. I think though you are a fraud and can write poetry.haha This was absolutely amazing. Excellent job.

[Dianah]

Brilliant poem about not being able to write poetry. It amused me. Pure poetry :)

[Thorn]

Haha. I feel like that sometimes too ^^
But you can write poetry, as so many others have said. It's just a question of whether you want to or not.

[Last Lying Look]

You can definitely write poems!
& I love your work very much so!
Great write!
-Elissa :)

[Voison]

Love it :-), you have a pure and gentle heart, but i wouldn't say you can't write poetry, on the contrary, your an extremely talented writer :-)