| Here are some tips that come to mind, things I use in | | | | must have been felt as a personal experience. Again I |
| poetry, and perhaps do not always use, and | | | | do think the great lyrics (most of those I’ve |
| should:1—I find [or believe] a ‘fact,’ | | | | read, and considered great) are clearly simple in |
| in poetry, is not poetry, nor can it move the | | | | diction.Note: Fact with truth: modern poetry, has what |
| mind’s eye, thoughts, and one’s | | | | may be considered an invaluable element to it, but it is |
| imagination.2—I find repetition is, or can be | | | | nonetheless, the way life is, it is almost a requirement |
| effective, or can be valuable, but not when it shows | | | | nowadays, as priceless as it is, it costs, and it resides |
| the lack in, or scarcity of the imagination.3—I | | | | beyond the mind, beyond thought and expression, |
| believe, the use of semicolons and commas become | | | | idiom, appearance, and I hate to name it (as you may |
| or can become hideous, or hazardous if not used | | | | already know) it is called: good advertising, like a |
| wisely. The poem can reek with wrong [ly] | | | | product, to put it over. Thus, poetry then must be |
| breaks.4—I also believe in genuine poetry, or that, | | | | unusual and sensational, a burden it must carry to the |
| genuine poetry should vibrate; there is a vibration that | | | | first step of the ladder. And when all the good poets |
| exists, one needs to find it and use it. A kind of force; | | | | are dead, we will find no more truth, I dare say, only |
| or something to carry it; most poetry does not emerge | | | | detail and reality. |
| from the page it is written on.5—Poetry I believe | | | | |