The Struggle to Create

A lot of people I follow do poetry also

So being an idiot i thought I would give it a go

So here I am thinking in front of this screen

Nothing coming to mind except a silent scream

Trying to make this mess have some flow

Hitting a damn wall everywhere I go

There is nothing I can bring to the table

I've tried my best but unable

So this is my attempt at poetry

I promise no more poems from me

Six hours later:

Finally have stopped thinking and talking in rhymes Writing poetry takes real commitment.

At first I thought about what style poem to write. So I asked chat GPT to help me out. this is what came back,

Sonnet:

Form: 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter.

Types: Shakespearean (English) and Petrarchan (Italian).

Example: Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?").

Haiku:

Form: 3 lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5.

Theme: Nature, moments of beauty, and simplicity.

Example: Matsuo Bashō’s haiku, “An old silent pond... / A frog jumps into the pond— / Splash! Silence again.”

Limerick:

Form: 5 lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme.

Theme: Often humorous or whimsical.

Example: "There once was a man from Nantucket..."

Free Verse:

Form: No specific rhyme or meter.

Theme: Wide-ranging; focuses on natural speech patterns.

Example: Walt Whitman’s "Leaves of Grass".

Villanelle:

Form: 19 lines with a specific pattern of repeated lines and rhyme scheme (ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA).

Example: Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night".

Ballad:

Form: Narrative poem with quatrains (four-line stanzas) usually following an ABAB or ABCB rhyme scheme.

Theme: Stories of love, adventure, or historical events.

Example: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Ode:

Form: Formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea.

Example: "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats.

Elegy:

Form: Lyrical and mournful poem, often about loss or death.

Example: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray.

Acrostic:

Form: The first letter of each line spells out a word or message.

Example: Poems that spell out names or themes down the side.

Epic:

Form: Long, narrative poem.

Theme: Heroic deeds and adventures.

Example: "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer.

This was not the start I hoped for. Already overwhelmed.

So I decided to go Free Verse. No rules of any kind. Should be easy. Nope.

After many attempts on subject matter, this awesome poem is what I created 😁

Trust me, there will be no more poems coming out of me.

I am not a poet

And I know it