"Write from the heart! Add more about your feelings, add more about what you feel about a person, event, nature—anything that inspires you and share why it inspires you."
By AJ
A Poem Begins
“A poem ... begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a love-sickness.... It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.”
Robert Frost wrote these words in a letter to the poet and anthologist Louis Untermeyer. (Jan.1,1916) The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer (1963).
Writing poetry can be an exhilarating, freeing experience. Poetry lends itself to the expression of hidden, deep, emotional reservoirs just waiting for the poet to explore and the reader to experience. The process of writing a poem can be as satisfying as the finished poem itself. Wrestling, searching, and grasping for the right word creates a certain, exciting tension in the poet's soul. Finding the exact phrase or word leaves the poet with a calm satisfaction.
This Hub focuses on poetry basics.
Robert Frost's poetry has served as inspiration for my writing. I appreciate the simplicity and depth of his poetry. The words he uses make me feel and think. His poetry, like all good poetry, makes me say “aah” and “aha”. This quotation from the letter to Louis Untermeyer gives us insight to Frost’s thoughts and feelings about the words and emotions expressed in his poetry.
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