hi, i'm seemore.
it makes me very happy to read that you've found affection for this most beautiful art form. as a poet, sometimes i get so sad about the state of poetry, i feel it is in it's death throes, but reading your post renews my vigor, believing that with each passing day, another poet finds his words.
anyway, you seem to have already found the spot i mine for most of my inspiration. everyday situations, universal truths, things that everyone can relate to, these are the best subjects, in my opinion, for poetry.
many people get bogged down in the love or lack there of, and stick very close to these, but an important part of any art is to evolve. always try new things. i have always found landscpes and certainlocations provide alot too. much of my favorite poetry comes from inanimate oblects and the poets view of them.
also, as a poet, i find inspiration everywhere. from a bible laying bloated with rain in a gutter behind a bar, or the glow a pregnant woman eminates that brightens even the most mundane of spaces. so always keep a little notebook in the breast pocket of tyour shirt. you never know when inspiration will strike.
and, the most important part. read read read. there is nothing worse than a poet that doesn't read poetry. don't copy, but certainly allow them to influence you, especially during the beginning. i wrote like jack keouac for years.
soem to start out with maybe, t.s. eliot, charles bukowski, jack kerouac, walt whitman, guiliame appolinaire, etc... and, obviously, you'll find some good ones here as well.
well, i've rambled on enough. it just makes me so excited to have a new poet ask for a little help. i am presently attending college with the intention of becoming a literature professor, but at 27 and four more years left, it will be awhile, so it thrills me to help where i can now.
i hope i wasn't over zealous and scared you off, but just remember, if all this seems like to much, just write.
because that, at base, is what we all do.
seemore
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