One of the ways to find the poem that may be hiding inside, is to give yourself a task, set a goal for what you want the poem to accomplish. When conducting workshops, I often give the group a “prompt” that will, I believe, offer them a direction. It’s extremely helpful when one is struggling to put feelings and ideas into words, to provide a path to follow.
In this case, the path would be to define, explore, illuminate, experience, project, create your world through the grace of poetry, using all of the poetic tools: the five senses plus emotions -imagery – metaphor and simile, line break, enjambment, hyperbole, alliteration and finally, personalize it so that it says something about you.
The title of the poem you will be writing is: THE COLORS OF MY WORLD
Example Poem
MY WORLD IN SHADES OF BLUE
I look for blue skies blue
as berries bursting in the summer
sun on tangled bushes I remember
the earthy smell of those blue summers
grandma’s jam bubbling on the stove
smoke rising in puffs of steam pungent
and promising below the hill the stream
rushing along over rocks talking to itself
in a voice filled with laughter
echoing in my head as I drifted off to sleep
and dreams as sweet as sticky kisses
the taste of jam still
soft on my tongue
~Sak