What kind of poetry does everybody like?
I want to know what kind of poetry people like (i.e. love poetry, hate poetry, emo poetry, descriptive poetry) so that I know what to write to make people like my poetry. I know I have talent…I just write a lot about love. So what do you like?
- keeidy2
Tags: Descriptive Poetry, Emo, Love Poetry, People, Poetry Love
December 12th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
i like rhyming poetry. that’s happy. love poetry’s probly good, most people like that.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
love is good. but put your heart into your work what ever you do. go to poetry . com enter contests or just submitt your poems for everybody to read.read mine at same look up paul bridgman
December 16th, 2008 at 4:13 am
From amateurs, I would like to see more poetry that shows an understanding of the basic elements of verse. Don’t try to write a symphony in free verse until you’ve learned to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Write at your own level — something 99% of the poets here don’t do. The subject doesn’t matter so much (although teen angst is already well represented here), so just pick anything and try to write a nice clean well-metered verse.
[I'm afraid I must disagree with the previous poster about poetry.com. You should avoid that site, in my opinion.]
December 18th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I’m usually into descriptive poetry. Something that gets me to use my brain is also good. I’m actually not adverse to any type of poetry, as long as it’s not one of those gory, sad ones that just about anyone can whip up in a short time. Not that I mind ones made quickly…as long as it has quality, it’s fine with me…
…wait. I also have a bit of a fondness for silly poems. I’m blaming you for this, Shel Silverstein!
December 20th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Dr.susse (think thats how u spell it?) hes my fave
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I prefer rhyming poetry that is upbeat and positive!
December 26th, 2008 at 4:39 am
I like every style. The ones I can’t take anymore are, “My lover left me! I want to die!”
December 26th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I love poetry that I can relate to. Sad, hate, love, all of them! So long as I can relate to it. At the moment, I like sad, and depressing poetry.
December 27th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
first of all you should not write poetry for them..maybe for someone you love but just to write to make people like it is the wrong approach in my view because it takes something out of your own natural ability.
December 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
descriptive but funny and i don’t mind if it’s rhyming or not just as long as it’s catchy and nice love is o.k but i’d prefer my first references
December 30th, 2008 at 7:06 am
I like poetry that is descriptive and uses metaphor and simile. It doesn’t have to rhyme, but there should be a flow and rhythm to the verses. Yet, I agree with everyone else; you should write for YOU! Trying to find acceptance through your poetry is the wrong way to go! You need to find subjects, themes, and types of poetry that interest you. Read those poems and then look around you and see what in your world speaks to you. Then put your pen to paper and create! That is what a true poet does.
December 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I love nearly every type of poetry. I tend to gravitate toward authors that are more sparse in their style. I prefer free verse. I like topics that move me and sound honest. I like poets that are precise and guide the reader through the poem. Also, I want poems to close strongly.
January 1st, 2009 at 2:33 am
I too write rhyming poetry,
It maybe about history
or what ever I can find
I like poetry that touches the heart
memoriams or Valentine’s
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
anything clever that causes me to think of something in a new light
January 6th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
emo and depressing poetry
January 7th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I’m a big fan of all styles, as long as its well written. Formal poetry is much harder than people think–the assumption seems to be that as long as 2 lines rhyme, it works–and needs a lot of work to be done well. One of the wonderful things about poetry is that it embraces the work of the poet, not simply genre (love, horror, etc.). Read a lot, write a lot, don’t be overly satisfied with your first draft.
A few favorite poets in no particular order :
W.B. Yeats
Thomas Hardy
Donald Hall
Hayden Carruth
Philip Levine
Sharon Olds
Paul Eluard
Robert Browning