This is my first time using Reddit--so sorry if I'm breaking any unspoken rules, but could anybody who knows more about poetry help me out? I'm thinking about writing an episodic series, and wanna include poems at the beginning of each episode. The only issue with that is--well--I can't actually write poetry, at least not anything decent.
If you could give me some beginners advice I'd really appreciate it, I'd normally watch tutorials for this kind of thing but I don't usually get much from those.
Here's an example of my horrendous work:
Our special spot on the bay
Too vast for grief to lay,
Now fond nevermore
When you left our lovely shore.
So sad to see you gone
After countless nights and dawns.
Looking out and thinking of you–
The morning’s red, against water’s blue,
I never wanted much for more,
Never saw you flit from shore,
Never thought this day would come,
Never thought that you’d be done.
Now by the waves I lay
Without hope I’ll see the day,
When you change your unwavering mind,
And join me back on our bay.
(Please keep in mind that I don't have much prior knowledge about poetry, and am still new to it.)
Everyone needs a chance to try out a new thing without getting criticized for doing it improperly. I can see you are just getting your legs under you, trying things out for size. The stakes are low, very low. Nobody should make you feel otherwise.
The poem is about someone you had been sharing nights at the shore with, and now they're gone, and you are there by yourself for the first time. Or is it the first time?
I wrote the poem in about thirty minutes while thinking about how friendships end. The speaker isn't experiencing this for the first time, but feels a lot more hurt this time than ever before.
Thanks for the words of support, that's mostly why I came to Reddit instead of talking with people I know--I figured I'd find people who knew more than I did about it, plus I didn't wanna be judged for something that I myself knew was mediocre.