If you have problems with a poem springing forth in your mind, i.e., you lack inspiration, first decide how many lines you want to have. In The Sky Through Bare Branches I decided to write 2 stanzas with 5 lines each. The lines do not rhyme, but are free-flowing thoughts.

To write a poem, decide how many lines you want to have.

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In Blue Winter Sky, I chose 3 stanzas of four lines each, and this is a rhyming poem. If you want your poem to rhyme, decide on which lines. You can choose any format, but some seem harder to rhyme. The 1st and 4th lines are an example. You can even do something like the 1st and 3rd, and the 2nd and 4th in the same poem. This is quite a challenge.

Sometimes your thoughts will lean towards a certain rhyming format. I chose the 3rd and 4th lines in each stanza for Blue Winter Sky.

To write a rhyming poem, decide on which lines you want to rhyme.

Creative Selling Ideas at TCS: 

1. Print or type up a few of your poems on 8 1/2 x 11" paper turned sideways and folded to make 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" pages. So 1 sheet of paper will fold into 4 sides in stead of 2 sides for the large sheet of paper. Cut out pictures from magazines to illustrate your poems and paste them to the pages. Staple the folded sheets together at the fold line or spine. You can also glue each page spine into each other. Staple or glue a folded piece of 8 1/2 x 11" colored paper or cardstock to the outside of your folded booklet, or signature. Decorate the front simply or elaborately and give your booklet as a gift. You have now published a book of your poems, in the most simple and pure way.