I need help with writing a poem!?

Question

What kind of a poem should i write? i really need help this poem is an assignment for my english class! I need an insparation! i also have to use nature symbols only! i can't use any like people or say what i am writing about! Help!

Answer 1

Subject: Mandalas.
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Mandalas are artful presentations of world views, or, or Nature. Most Mandalas have a centerpoint to represent "the beginning" of the Universe. Then, there is a circle. The circle represents the "Sun". Then, there is some sort of a square or four points to represent the four "seasons". Then, there is usually some additional four points or square to represent the "four directions" (north / south / /east / west. As one moves farther out from the centerpoint, a manadla shows more and more about what a people has learned about Nature, for example, the "four forces" ( earth, wind, water, fire).

As for writing a poem, I cheat. I pick a poem that I like or know by heart, like a nursery rhyme. Then, I use the exact same number of words and syllables to write a new poem. Good luck.

Answer 2

Haikus are always about nature (ALWAYS), and most of the time potry a mood. They can be about butterflies, thunderstorms, tornadoes, sunshine, or the ocean. Anything goes. All are three lines, the format for syllables is 5,7,5.

***Below is info from this website: www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-
Poem




Understand the traditional haiku format. A haiku contains three lines. The first line contains five syllables, the second has seven, and the last has five. This is usually extremely strict, especially in the original Japanese, although it can bend slightly.
Choose a general topic. Haiku usually focus around imagery, namely nature. Haiku do not tell stories and almost never involve people's actions. Haiku simply convey an abstract concept -- usually an emotion.
Choose a season. Since virtually all haiku focus on nature, the season is important for coming up with the imagery. With so few words in the poem, simple phrases like "cherry blossoms" or "falling leaves" can create lush scenes, while reflecting the tone of the verse.
Winter usually connotes burden, cold, sadness, hunger, tranquility or peace. Winter can be invoked with words like "snow," "ice," "dead tree," "leafless," etc.
Summer conjures feelings of warmth, vibrancy, love, anger, temptation and many others. General summer phrases include allusions to the sky, beaches, heat, lust and any form of romance.
Autumn encompasses a very wide range of ideas: decay, belief in the supernatural, jealousy, saying good-bye, loss, regret and mystery to name a few. Falling leaves, shadows and autumn colors are the most common implementations.
Spring, like summer, can incorporate love, but it is usually more a sense of infatuation than lust. Also common are themes such as innocence, youth, passion and fickleness. Anything with blossoms, new plants, silk, warm rains can imply spring. For more information on seasons, go to the link listed below.

Seasons don't have to be the ones listed. Holidays can be seasons of their own. There's a big difference between winter and Christmas, after all.
Add a contrast. Reading most haiku, you'll notice they either present one idea for the first two lines and then switch quite abruptly to something else or do the same with the first line and last two, although this is not as common. Contrasts can be the hardest part. The haiku poet wants a perfect catalyst to spark the right emotional note. It doesn't have to be extremely severe; it can be anything from one color to another. In English, the contrast is often emphasized by punctuation between the two lines, although this is not necessary.



*Tips
To get inspiration, read the ancient works of famous haiku poets. When reading translations of Issa or Basho, you might find the translator chose to preserve the meaning, but not the meter. Much of Issa's work is in the form abstract//abstract//concrete for the three lines, although in the original Japanese this was not so.
Write what you feel, not what you see. Haiku are usually about abstracts and emotions.
When reading haiku, don't read as other poems. Haiku are written to capture a feeling and image.
Keep an open mind when reading haiku and try to feel what the writer was trying to get across.
Read haiku to relieve stress or get excited about something. The more you read haiku, the easier they are to understand.
Some are of the opinion that in English, Haiku should be limited to a 3/5/3 format to preserve the broken nature. Japanese words tend to be longer than English words, which is why translated Haiku tends to sound less complete than 5/7/5 poems written originally in English. You might try the shorter format to see how you like it.
Remember written Japanese is a visual language; it uses ideograms to represent ideas visually rather than characters to represent ideas audibly. In different combinations, Japanese characters (mostly based on Chinese characters) are pronounced differently, e.g. the character "sora" (empty of vanity) can be pronounced "kara" if combined with other characters to form a more complex idea. Thus haiku is really a Japanese-specific form of poetry. Simply copying the syllable pattern in a sound-based language like English is an interesting adaptation, but not haiku in the original sense. It may be better to consider such poems "haiku-inspired".
There are some who say that haiku can just be a short fragment (no more than three words) followed by a phrase.
early evening
small flat stones
line the shore.

Answer 3

Love poems are always in season, but I don't tend toward your typical love poem. An ode to something special in your life, giving it a sense of life is a good direction.

Otherwise, any emotional state that is strong in you is a valid avenue for a poem, and likely you will find the words if you feel strongly enough in any way.

As with any other thing produced, you would do well to research your topic. Poetry is one of those subjective topics, but every topic has facts you can learn.

I like to do children's poetry. That is always well received--not only by children. Here is a start to one I did:

If I were you and you were me,
And we were us, what would we be?

Answer 4

Write an onomatopoeia (probably not spelled correctly) poem. Use words that are like sounds. (bang, drip, boing, etc.) I just had to write one yesterday. Uh, they go something like this:

drip drip
drip drip
the noise ringing in my ears
drop drop
drop drop
the sound it makes in the puddles
splash!
splash!
the damp feeling in the air.
drip
drip
drip

It's not very good but I just wrote it in like 30 seconds.
All you need to write is something with "noise" words

I hope I've helped.