There are all sorts of excuses we will come up with to tell ourselves that we can’t or shouldn’t write bad poetry. Let’s get this out of the way right now and make a list of these things. You might include things like, “I’m a terrible writer,” or “I don’t have time for writing poems,”…
Before you can learn how to write bad poetry, you have to unlearn everything everyone has ever taught you about so-called “good poetry.” Chances are, if you’ve ever met someone who absolutely hates poetry or thinks poetry is dumb, we can look back in their life and pinpoint the exact moment this opinion was formed. …
The key to writing a bad poem, or anything for that matter, is to Write fast. Writing fast means to write as many words as you possibly can, without even thinking about what the words are, what they mean, or even if they go together. In order to truly excel while writing bad poetry, it…
Beginnings are hard. You have a blank sheet of paper. An empty canvas. You have nothing. While most people are nervous at the notion of having nothing, I think nothing is great. If I start with nothing, I have nothing to lose! Nothing to stop me! You can’t divide by zero, and by that standard,…
Here are 9 reasons to write bad poetry, just in case you need to justify your logic to someone who thinks it’s pointless.
and –– to my Uncle Chip.
to anyone who dares to look – you are one of those rare and good people of the world, who willingly consent to be tortured with mundane words so terribly arranged on paper – mee