The Heart of a Poet

Book excerpt: Just because you don't write doesn't mean you're not a poet! Poetry is art-art that can be created without experience and without expensive materials. Poetry can help us find a voice. It can illustrate thoughts that are difficult to express. It can give tribute to people who deserve it. Poetry can honor heritage, give creative expression to causes and passions, and capture the love of nature. Poetry is a canvas on which to create images from the musings of the mind. The Heart of a Poet encourages poets with less or no experience to have some fun writing. It has simple instructions for writing several forms of poetry, and examples of each in a variety of themes and ideas. And writing poetry gets easier with practice! Once you've written your first sonnet, you might find the freedom and the fun in creating beautiful verses. Perhaps your first triolet will sound like magic, and words will become your artist materials. You may even discover that you too have The Heart of a Poet!