Poetry help! i'm really stuck Options

[mikazukix]

I have to write a poem reflecting on my grandma or my memories of her for her birthday event thing. I know it's kinda of a personal thing but she's just like any grandma kind and friendly, loving u know te usual.Anyways my job is to make a poem. It's kind of a formal thing so it can't be humourous.( well i don;t think it'll be very good if it was) I going to try to go with a rhyming scheme. Also.. i want to it sound professional but not too professional but then again i don't want it to sound like a little kid could write sumthing way better than me. The first line is the most important right? So i've been like stuck thinking for one.. that isn't so sappy or just weird. So.. can anyone help me out to what the first line might be? or maybe give me ideas of what it should be like ?
The best thing i can think of is something like "as time goes byI still remember all the times we've shared together" Bad right? It sounds kinda sappy. I've been stuck on this for like a month. seriously.. i wrote a couple poems but they all really really.. really.. suck. HOPe u can help out. I don't even know if anyone in createblog is into poetry. >.<

[bexwithab]

The first line isn't necessarily the most important. All of the lines matter; the first line pretty much sets the tone. For example, if you were going to write a sad poem, generally speaking, your first line wouldnt be happy.


I suggest putting some of the drafts you've already written up here and then maybe trying to take the really good lines out of them and making a new poem.

Or sit down and do a memory dump.

The title could be something like 'Things I remember about my grandma.' Each different thing could have its own line. Sometimes those make really good poems, other times it's just good to have them as a reference when writing.

Another thing... unless you have been writing for a while and are really familiar with rhyming, I don't suggest sticking to any sort of rhyme scheme, because about 90% of the rhyming poems I read (and write) show a struggle to make things rhyme. If the rhymes don't come naturally, then the poem won't sound natural.



The biggest thing, try to have fun when you're writing. Many times, the writer's emotion at the time a poem is written is conveyed through the words.
If you think that the poem is a hassle, it won't come out as well as it could have.



These are just suggestions, though. In the end it is your poem, and you should do what feels right for you.