poetry problems
I see a lot of posts about "artist struggles!" or "writing problems!" but never ones about poetry, so here we are! shout out to all my fellow poets haha :) (also these are just from my personal experience lmao)
enjoy!
- when you have a Vibe but it just... isn't translating. like the words just aren't coming. you wish you could just project the images in your head onto the computer screen and have it put it in words but. you can't. obviously. >:(
- when it SOUNDS so FLAT and DISGUSTING but it won't get better no matter what you try
- you're swimming through poem fragments and incomplete stanzas you wrote that have a ton of potential but you just. can't. finish them. so they just exist... floating.... unmoored... and you feel so BAD because they are GENIUS but that was the extent of your creativity and that inspiration is NEVER coming back
- scrolling through your notes app trying to find that ONE POEM but it's buried
- bad, flavourless metaphors
- bland imagery
- reading your poems to non-poets and them staring blankly at you like "okay... what does it mean tho..." or even wORSE "uh..... i didn't like it :/" and both ways you feel CRUSHED
- not writing for months then BOOM ten new poems
- the poems are always in your head and you can't stop analysing them and picking apart their flaws
- thinking of a really good poem idea or specific line when you don't have the opportunity to write it down so you forget it... wasted potential :(
- words just floating in your head at all times. you can't get your brain to shut up.
- something mundane happens and your brain narrates it with a line of poetry that's just. kinda lame and you gotta be like "NOT! NOW!"
- feeling unable to call yourself a writer even though you're constantly writing bc you never have to deal with like. the problems story writers complain about, like worldbuilding, characterisation, plot, etc so you just kinda feel. :(
- not having the commitment for full length stories so instead you just write some nice Vibes that look a lot more like poetry than anything (you can't escape!!)
- "wow it's really late and i should be sleeping." *starts letting thoughts wander* "oh hey! poem idea! need to write it down!" *starts writing* "hm this is going well! :)" *a few hours pass* "oh no"
- hearing/reading someone else's poem and feeling kinda inadequate :( even though you know shouldn't do that :( it just. kinda happens :(
- someone telling you you're so good at poetry and you doubtfully glance at your tons of bad poetry like "you sure??"
- "okay! poetry time! time to write a poem! time to do it. yep! time to,,, write... a poem. now,,, time for poem. time for..... time for. poem. yep. uh huh. uh huh. hhhh" *can do anything but*
- "okay! time for a task that is pertinent! time for that task! it is due soon! time for it! time to do. the task. time for the task. time for.... yep. mhmm. task time." *starts writing poetry instead*
