poetry is heart speaking her deepest wisdom or lightest whimsy traditional form or free verse let souls sing sprinkle metaphor and simile if you are a poet, write like one words are music let them breeze like a melody color with mix-matched sensory don’t stay inside the lines see sounds with eyes closed hear flickering of fireflies’ light smell beauty in distant mountains taste majesty of flowers’ bloom touch forgiveness bring personification to life “she” is much sweeter than “it” and a seat cushion may have a roundness to her throw in some high speech make someone grab a lexicon delete those extra words ‘I’s and ‘the’s especially alliteration can create cacophonic chorus while similar sounds of assonance tie hoards and scores of words together although there are no rules try your best to use poetry’s tools with this above all else: let your truth ring let your insights and revelations be a healing to self and reader let experiences resonate in hearts and harmonize voices