
If you’ve ever been through a sad break-up with someone
you’ve love, you may have written a heartbroken poem. You may have even written such a poem for
things like the loss of a pet or a family member, sadness at moving away from
your friends, or any number of sad life events.
But it seems nothing inspires such sad poetry as a break-up or
divorce. Just as few things inspire love
poetry quite like being in a happy, loving relationship.
Poetry is an excellent medium for self-expression. Unless
you’re writing poetry with the hope of having it published one day, you can
write poetry however you like. It
doesn’t have to be good poetry. You
don’t have to understand any of the poetic terms or conventions like rhyme,
meter or free verse. You don’t even have
to have ever read a really good poem in your life to write a heartbroken poem
that can help you feel better and maybe help you heal from the pain of a
break-up.
An important early step in getting over a break-up or any
sad situation is simply facing the pain.
While it might feel better to avoid dealing with the reality of the
situation, you can’t really move past it without facing it and feeling the
pain, at least for a while. So facing up
to whatever painful situation is happening is necessary. A heartbroken poem can help you deal with
those painful feelings when you’ve split with someone you love.
Don’t worry about whether it’s good or not. No one else ever has to read your heartbroken
poem. It’s for you and you alone. Just write down your feelings, as hard as
that may be. You can write in plain
language. Don’t try to imitate the poets
of the 17th and 18th century. Write like
you talk, and break the lines where it feels natural to you. In fact, you can start by writing one huge
paragraph filled with all your feelings and everything you want to express,
just to get it out. Then you can go back
and arrange your thoughts and feelings into a poem.
Once you’ve written a heartbroken poem, you might want to
write more about different parts of the pain.
That’s good. Get down everything
you can, and that will help you to face the pain. Writing the poetry will
probably be a very emotional time for you.
Don’t try to stop it. Just let
the pain out and you’ll be better able to move on.
If you decide you want to share your heartbroken poem, you
can show family or friends. Or if you
want to share it but not with anyone you know, you can put it online. There are websites designed just for such
things. You can upload your poetry for
free and let other people know if you want to receive criticism or not. You might opt to not receive comments on your
heartbroken poem and just enjoy the fact that you’ve shared your experience.
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