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MinxMolly talks of coursework stress
And RichWithey's going insane
Compared to both of those two I am boring weak and plain

My poems are all unstructured
They talk of stupid things
Is this the path I'm walking? Is this the son I sing?

Snow is being talked about
By MrsS and BethyBoo
If I am to compare to these, what am I to do?

The poem that I'm writing
Is just like all the rest
I just want to be good enough, I don't need to be the best!

I need some handy tips
Some help from real artists
Who paint colours into my head with words. I want to be able to do this!

It's getting silly that
You're still reading these hurried words
They twist and writhe but never dance, and just flap around like birds

I can't get any of my poems
To conform to my own standards
The words that come into my head are annoying little bastards

They stay there and I write them down
Not thinking that they aren't that good
But when it comes to vocabulary I swear I'm like a plank of wood!

I just can't seem to find the words
To ask you what I need
But until I'm good enough for me, then this is my vice; my greed.

Please help me now and comment
Because we both know I'm lacking a lot
Just tell me! I need to know to improve! Points to the comment box

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I agree with @RichWithey. When you are the writer you will always be more self critical of your own work! You are doing great! Write because you love to and forget the other stuff. You're doing great sweetie!! :)

@RichWithey thankyou so much it's just take the colourchallenge as an example. I wrote a few rhyming lines about a sunset, whereas someone else took a different take on sunset orange. I need to step out of the boundaries once in a while, but I'm too limited! I can't use good vocabulary and I suck at describing things in a poem. When I try I don't have anything to write about, and I'm getting really pissed off with it tbh

@LifeIsMusic thankyou ✨❤

You are doing fine. Just keep doing it! 👍❤🌹

But i can't keep doing what I'm doing! It's killing me!@leelee101

This poem was enough to make me want to read more, just keep being you, it's the best way on here😊

Your writing is very good! This post proves that if I'm writing a descriptive piece I put myself inside the scene mentally I mean that works for me and like @RichWithey said sometimes you write something that you think is really good and get hardly any likes whereas something that took me 5 mins may get lots, so the likes aren't always a good way to gage your writing! I think they are more about what ppl relate to sometimes, do you use a thesaurus? 😘

I don't need one really, I know all the meanings of all the words used here but when it comes to it I jot down the first thing that comes into my head instead of thinking what I could write instead that would be better. Look at my write 'Inner world'. That's what I can do when I try. Not very good but my best one yet I think ✨❤

@sjw ^

Ok, in my opinion that was very good writing. As many others would agree, but it seems to be you are desperate for some help. I absolutely love rhyming and you just need to know how to do it. You write the first line of your poem, for example "I love you" for the next line I then think of words rhyming with 'you' I find it easier going through the alphabet. Once I have chosen a word 'new' I then put it into a little sentence. "But it's not nogthing new" so..... I love you, but that's nothing new.' And then you

The thesaurus gives you alternative words to use which really helps with vocab 😘

Ok, in my opinion that was very good. but you seem to be wanting some advice not compliments, so..... When I rhyme I firstly think of a sentence. for example ' School tomorrow- I don't want to go." then I go through the alphabet to find a suitable word, I have chosen slow. I then put this into a sentence. "School tomorrow- I don't want to go, this weekend has definitely not gone slow." and there you go! read some of my other poems to see different examples of rhyming! hope this helped. 😊❤

@LittleKitten it did its just when I see some other people's dynamic effective dramatic rhyming brilliant artistic creativity I… I just… fall into a huge void of insignificance and self-doubt.

Agree with @sjw. Opuss is a funny old place. Something's I've really worked on hardly get noticed but something that's just come in to my head is popular. But yes use a thesaurus, look at your sentences, could you make them more descriptive to help the reader, but I wouldn't overdo it as I find it distracts from the story. Really picture a scene or the feeling when you write about it. The easiest things to write about is what you know. But I like your stuff the way it is. 😘

Just be me, you'll achieve everything. Joke you see my poems :P

Anyway I think I better give you some serious advice. You know you have a great vocab, you have your head screwed on and you don't just see life like everyone else does. You should just scribble down your inspiration, then change something that could sound better.

Lol thankyou all@sian_ @eddie12309 @LittleKitten @sjw @Stablish @leelee101 @sammielee46 @RichWithey @LifeIsMusic thankyou all soo much 😊✨❤

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