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Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child
I think the best way to find your own voice is to write naturally, and by naturally, I mean as you would speak, only a little more articulately. Doesn't mean you can't give it some thought and crafting - it doesn't have to be spontaneous prose or avante-gard verbal diarrhea. Just keep the language fairly everyday. I find that unless it's a GREAT poem, of which there are very few, it's cringey to read someone drifting off into this ethereal voice using overly "poetic" language, without having read any good stuff. The easiest way to find your voice is to write about a funny or strange incident that happened to you, keeping the language realistic and natural for the most part, and using it well. No cliche at all. And you can just keep it very short if you want, so it doesn't take long.
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thank you... I will try, actually while I was waiting for the response, I wrote something else because I was thinking about some things I had dealt with and the words just came out. its definitely more like a song, but could you take a look and let me know what you think? (total rough draft btw so go a lil easy on me) or not.
thanks
Back then 2010 Amunet
it was harder,
back then.
two years ago was like a century when
I was weak,
and naive
think that I ever had just a chance against them.
So I ran,
and I stumbled,
and fell into depths I could no longer know.
it was harder,
back then.
do I think it couldn't be like that again.
it was harder
back then.
faced with a place that I didn't fit in.
I could try,
just pretend,
but they all knew for sure that I'd never be more
than a freak,
something used,
something tired,
all expired
something dead
and abused
they knew I would lose!
it was harder...
back then.
the days,
they grow longer,
but my time in them shorter
...harder
back then
15 years,
they went by,
still I sit here and cry.
this is harder.
right now,
right now it is harder than then.
now it's harder than then
now it is harder to bend.