Topics of Writing
This is just a bit of self-reflection. I find that oftentimes, my writing lacks a few things: a sense of humor, modernity, and personal topics. When I say this, it doesn’t mean that everything I’ve written doesn’t have these things, but it’s a common trend in my writing.
What I mean by the first bit is that I tend to take what I write about rather seriously. There are some poems that I have managed to make humorous, but for the most part, I don’t exercise humor in my writing. I could be due to do so, though. I believe my main internal issue with writing funny poems derive from two different places, the first being that I don’t know how capable I am at writing a good funny poem, as my previous ones, although rather well executed and funny, are not favorites of mine. The second thing is, I do not want people to not take my poetry seriously. I suppose I don’t need to show the world funny poetry if I write it, but a little bit of humor benefits everyone in the end. I’m not sure how I’ll proceed with my issue of humor.
The second bit is modernity. This is rather straightforward. I don’t like to use modern slang or even modern-place items or ideas in my poetry. It would be difficult to get me to mention an iPhone or a McDonald’s in a poem; something about it feels cheap or too gross. What part about mentioning the newest Spider-Man or a Burger King feels beautiful, enjoyable? And I often don’t find myself writing about things that require mentioning these things, through Romantic lenses and such. I feel I’m going to have to break my streak soon enough, because it is rather childish to keep this habit up, I must say.
The last bit is probably the least strong or true. There are a variety of poems I have written that reference or are drawn from personal experience. But, I don’t generally tend to want to write something too personal unless it is really powerful or it seems to have potential.
All of these topics that I avoid in my writing seem to be places where I can learn to expand my writing skills. But until next time, I suppose I should attempt to break some boundaries.
