How To Write a Love Poem
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If you want to learn how to write a love poem, then check out "How To Write a Love Poem" written by a love poetry enthusiast.
Love poetry can be about romantic love but far more. It can be about love of country, of a people or nation. It can be about love of ideals such as freedom and peace. Poetry can be rhymed or written in one of many recognized forms of poetry (such as a Sonnet). It can be unrhymed and follow no uniform pattern. In any topic or form, love poetry can be written by making images for the reader and then moving from image to image to express the writer’s chosen feelings and ideas. Love poetry can be inspired by experiences, the classics, legends, heroic figures, patriotism, personal ideals or even the works of other poets.
The first step is to understand what love poetry is: a way to relate feelings to the art of words. It is the skillful use of words to bring ideas about feelings and emotions to a reader. One important skill is to be able to capture an image. This should be done in as few words as possible; it can also be done very effectively at the beginning of the write such as in the opening lines or first stanza. Love can mean many things in addition to romantic love: love of a place, a people, a nation; it can be love of people for various reasons. Relationships, friendships, and family are examples of love of this kind. There are unique and special bonds of love between parent and child. All of these forms of love can be the subject of a love poem. Once the image is captured there are choices for the writer to make: to rhyme, use a poetry form; use free verse, use images, or develop a metaphor so that some few words will stand for something much larger in scope. Other forms of poetry are song lyrics, Rap, and spoken poetry. These all have in common the idea of combining rhythm and words. These are even more special talents, to do blend music and/or rhythms into poetry.
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How to Write a Love Poem
Your Step By Step Guide to Writing Love Poems
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1: Capture an Image
Chapter 2: Bring Words to Life
Chapter 3: Spoken Words Like Songs – Have Rhythm
Chapter 4: Be Inspired by Other Artists
Chapter 5: Patriotic Love
Chapter 6: To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme
Chapter 7: Images or metaphor
Chapter 8: Time and Life Perspective
Chapter 9: How to be: Formed or Free
Chapter 10: Free verse
Chapter 11: Special Moments: on Lorca and Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Chapter 12: Sublimation and Fantasy
Chapter 13: Some Words and Poetry about Spiritual Love
Chapter 14: A Kind of Saudade
Chapter 15: Love that is Timeless and Eternal
Chapter 16: From the Classics
Chapter 17: The Loved Ones in Our Lives
Chapter 18: Songs in the Key of Love
Chapter 19: Love that changes a life
Chapter 20: A Love of Life
Chapter 21: Summing It All Up
Bibliography
About the Expert
Recommended Resources
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Prologue
My words matter in ways that I do not
traveled to places not permitted to me;
engaged in arguments and moments
not imagined, creatures of pen and paper.
Touching quiet and tender wishes
when thought is the purpose of life,
understandings not clouded by eyes.
I breathe them to life, a song of birth full blown;
rising from the foamy surf of imagination,
creation in six bars, a rest on the seventh.
So this part of me departs into a journey
to the unsuspecting , a visitation of wise words;
always following a light in the eye.
Making gifts, kneeling in celebration of existence,
seeking always for a reflection of rising hope.
By thought and creation, words become deeds,
unfailing measures of a life we choose;
the currency of pretension loses face value,
hidden; it's like what you wear,
beneath your nudity.
Hidden Identity by H.D. Moore © all rights reserved
Foreword
The method I used in this eBook is to give examples that illustrate ideas about writing poetry. The primary focus is on what writers call love poetry. Love, however, involves many parts of life including love of country, love of children or family, and love of place. It involves aspects beyond romantic love between partners or lovers.
I use many original pieces of poetry, but I have also selected works by some of the great writers of the past who have influenced and inspired me. This is not the usual ‘how–to’ book in which the reader follows the instructions of the author. At the end of the book, you will not write a sonnet worthy of Shakespeare, or a free verse epic that would remind readers of Maya Angelou. It is neither a complete coverage of the basics nor a list of all the styles that exist in classic or modern poetry. This eBook is an assembly of ideas that I describe as how to love poetry enough to make poetry about love.
This book teaches how to express deep feelings and inspiration with the words that convey to others what you have seen, experienced, or read. By following this guide, you will discover the way words can raise emotions.
I hope these ideas come through to the reader and that he or she will realize a way to bind feelings to poetry. That is, the true love poem and the main idea I seek to pass on to you in this book. I believe that at some level, one’s emotions can connect to one’s words in the creation of art.
All the poetry used in the book remains the property of the respective authors, including translations. My special thanks to Mariza G. Góes for the use of her marvelous translations of Lorca and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. It could not be a book about love poetry without the three of them. My thanks to her must also be for the inspiration for most of my poetry presented here, translation of Vinicius de Moraes, and the brilliant insights she has given to me on Brazil, Brazilian literature, Saudade, haiku and form poetry.
The use of all materials presented in this book are for educational and discussion purposes. No copyrights have been intentionally infringed. Full attribution has been given to the authors. There was an effort to transform the cited works into commentary and criticism. Furthermore, much of the quoted material is in the public domain. However, if despite my efforts, I have managed to infringe on any holder’s rights, I stand ready to make immediate corrections. My thanks go to all of the authors and translators whose works have been cited or used here, and I hope they do or would agree that the purpose of this book is to learn about and admire their works.
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Chapter 1: Capture an Image
A love poem can be thought of as a picture or a scene. It might be a place with people or without, one filled with beautiful sights or have an austere emptiness like a desert or the moon. To some, it might be a place of mystery. When we create an image for the reader, they can focus on that scene and build to the next. The poem then carries the reader’s thoughts from image to image.
For most readers, the first sentence or phrase will determine if and how far they read or begin to fade away into other thoughts. If they are not able to capture an image, they mentally tend to drift, the words lose their impact and have no meaning to the reader.
Some useful ideas and ways to approach this are in the teachings of Japanese writing called haiku (pronounced as high-ku) /1. In haiku, the writer uses only what he or she can sense. The writer then describes the images or sensations to the reader. The author also uses as few words as possible.
Example:
washing dishes
sudden summer storm,
lightning...in my bowl 2/
The writer in this