Poetry -- What's That? 2

Part 2.  Picture and Feelings

        Painting is poetry without words -  poetry is painting with words. I don't know who said that, but it fits.    Your readers will love you to bits when you are able to give them enough vivid description in your writing to see in their minds what you see when you are writing.
    The sky faded in the distance as it met the horizon.  OK, so what?
What sort of sky was it?
what colour was it.
Did  it have any clouds?
Contrails from a high flying jet, maybe?
Next: the distance; how far, close, etc.
Horizons are always there, do they have trees, city high rise buildings, a bridge or tall trees or is the horizon flat flat sand?
    The blue sky, streaked with aircraft contrails faded into the hazy green trees away on the western horizon.[ Not the best I've ever seen but points out the need for descriptive words.]
  no matter what you write about, give it life and colour so your reader can see it with you.
   
        What you feel, either emotionally or by touch should also be conveyed to the page.
        Describe the bark on the tree so well that your reader knows it is rough like sandpaper, smooth as a baby's bum, or stringy like an old piece of rope. Ask yourself some questions;
    What does it look like? what does it feel like, what do you think it would taste like, what does it remind you of and so on.
    Where emotions are a part fo the piece your reader will want to experience your emotions.
    Sad, heartbreaking etc, make the buggers cry with you. Show them your emotions, lay them out on the page. Draw your reader into your emotional experience with you.
        eg:It was a quiet cloudy day when the funeral was held
              Family and friends were there showing their sorrow.

            Dark clouds in a forebidding sky
            matched the tears of those who cry
            family torn with grief and pain
            Joe will never laugh again.

        Again not the best example but enough to show the need for showing the emotions
and not just telling about them.

        Your poetry will improve by reading other poet's work. The best examples to read for learning purposes are the Old poet's work. It has stood the test of time. The poet you choose will be a writer of the kind of poetry you write or wish to write.