What rules do I need to know before I can start writing poems and where can I learn them?

thanks bud

yes, why?

Pounds ABC of Reading might help

>Art
>Rules
School bogged me down with this and only when I set it aside did I begin to be able to creatively express myself. Formal features have a place but personally I like getting the raw ideas down and adding formal structure later.

If I'm constantly thinking "ok caesura typography internal rhyme allusion metaphor etc etc" then I draw a creative blank.

t. inexperienced pleb brain

Not to be rude but this is probably because you're not artistically talented enough to create art with these rules.
It takes a lot of talent, for example a french guy managed to write a full novel without the letter E.

you have to learn the rules before you can start breaking them my friend

Well at least you understand the rules, so you know how to operate outside of them. It's worth having an idea of what ground has been broken already, so you don't retread the same path and think it's original.

rule #1, you're not reading enough. read more. read at least 10 poems for every one you start writing

>not accepting a set of rules so you can constrain your mind into these standards and be set free

It's like you've never understand how art worked for centuries and centuries

To make a Dadaist poem:

Take a newspaper.
Take a pair of scissors.
Choose an article as long as you are planning to make your poem.
Cut out the article.
Then cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them in a bag.
Shake it gently.
Then take out the scraps one after the other in the order in which they left the bag.
Copy conscientiously.
The poem will be like you.
And here are you a writer, infinitely original and endowed with a sensibility that is charming though beyond the understanding of the vulgar.

--Tristan Tzara

that's actually kind of cute though

underrated

>begin to be able to creatively express myself
no one cares about expressions of your individuality unless they're harmoniously structured and beautiful

mfw turkish food and coffee are literally GOAT in the world. hahahaha how can latins even compete?

turkish-greek cuisine > rest of balkan stuff > lebanon > armenian-kurdish > ... > mc donalds > latin "cuisine" > ... > starvation > finnish food.

>If I'm constantly thinking "ok caesura typography internal rhyme allusion metaphor etc etc" then I draw a creative blank.

That's why every single great poet says it's a craft you have to try and master through years of practice.

If you have the time, try working with sonnet form. It gets easier and easier after a while. You develop skill and the ability to express yourself within set boundaries. You can put that skill to use when writing free-verse.

>pic
What sort of tool is that which was used to brew the coffee? Is copper a good material for coffeeing? What sort of mug is that?

It's copper. It's good.

It's called cezve or some shit btw

check the wiki nigger
4chanlit.wikia.com/poetry

So it's for Turkish coffee. Is the copper used for its insulating properties like with a copper sauce pan or is it used because it imparts a unique flavor like with a Moscow mule mug? Or is it just a serving vessel and not necessary for prep?

>form, lineation, rhyme blah blah blah

hahahaha. don't do that

It's for prep, although some plebber coffee houses just use it for serving.

Some Arabic coffees are also prepped and served in cezve. It's not a Turkish-only thing.