How To Locate Your True Poetic Voice And Write Poetry With Confidence
Poetry is not a dead or obsolete literary medium however, it is supposed to transition with the times, and is supposed to reflect the culture of the poet, his world-view, beliefs and experiences. Poetry has a wide area of application; as long as an experience can be perceived by any of the five senses, it may the subject matter of a poem. As such, if you should look beyond the cliche topics of poetry which include: love, loss, hate, death, romance, hurt, dreams, and the spiritual aspects of life, you will be able to find an even broader spectrum of topics and interests that could constitute on of your attempts at poetry.
My lecturer for a creative writing poetry course I took, scolded me because of the Old English type of overtone that was present in the ways I expressed myself. This was especially as a result of my plight to swat and copy Shakespeare, Wordsworth and other such writers from the past with words like: thou, behold, thus, therefore. The lecturer wasted no time to remind me that they were dead, and along with them, the ways they expressed themselves in their own lifetimes.