I like writing poetry but my grammer and punctuation need work...?

Question

I'm well out of high school and I always neglected english classes however now I wish to write more poetry and I find myself with some problems regarding grammer, punctuation and other little things involved with this venture. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Maybe you should read some grammar books?
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss is a good one.

Answer 2

In writing poetry, of course, you can dispel with the technicalities of English, most modern poetry does. I do, however, encourage knowing the rules, then figuring out how to bend them for verse. There is a very little book called The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White, that most libraries will have because it is a very popular book on grammar, punctuation, and usage.

Answer 3

If your only interested in poetry than I don't think you have to worry about grammar and punctuation. Poetry is a free form of written expression it is more about the meaning of words that land on the paper, not the form in which they appear.

Answer 4

Grammer and punctuation don't really matter when it comes to poetry. check out Poetry.com If it really bothers you why don't you pick up a copy of english grammer for dummies or the Essentials of English by Hopper,Gale,Foote, & Griffith

Answer 5

Write for yourself--without regard for grammar and punctuation--and see what happens. You might be pleasantly surprised. You might also look at some of the work of ee cummings, a poet who didn't follow the traditional rules of grammar and punctuation, for inspiration.

Answer 6

Reading is always helpful.

It wouldn't hurt to take a night class or a correspondence class in creative writing.
Independent learning.

and

of course

keep writing, practise what you learn and put it to use.

Answer 7

well you could always do free style. if you really feel like writing poety, poety is not something everyone can do or neither something you can fourse your self to be good at. poety is something that comes to you and it some thing you feel from deep inside your gut

Answer 8

poetry is all about wordplay and playing with the structures and conditions of language, there is no such thing as bad language!