“I promise you, there’s a poem for everyone,” she says. Next, decide what you want to write about. Simple as it sounds, this can often be the hardest step for writers. What do you want to say?

Atkins also recommends looking for a poem about a subject you're passionate about. “I promise you, there’s a poem for everyone,” she says. Next, decide what you want to write about.

Whatever form you choose—poem or a letter—be sure you write a draft and then put it away for a few days. Later, look at your writing again with fresh eyes to ensure that it conveys what you ...

I love you further than two metres; I love you beyond the limits of my daily walk. It taunts me like the muzzle of a gun; it sinks into my soul like chilled honey packed into the depths of ...

Fear How To Write a Healing Poem Many psychotherapists suggest writing healing poems. This blog offers tips. Posted August 26, 2015 ...

Use rhythm, repetition, and rhyme, and rearrange the found words to create your own powerful poem. What if you could write a poem without using your own words? Jeff Kass shows you how to create a ...

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

There are endless ways to write a poem, but this formula is timeless and foolproof — describe your sorrows and desires, of course, but let the poem think, too, and furnish it with Things.

Write a poem that, like Hughes did, begins with the line: "I dream a world" and describe the change you hope for. Your poem can rhyme like Hughes' poem, but it doesn't have to.