How I wrote my first poem...

While the Business Communication lecture was on, mam gave us an assignment. We were asked to write a 8-10 lines of original composition. A child’s play for those who are habitual of composing while a mammoth’s task for someone like me who had not done something like this before.

Though I was comfortable writing on a particular topic, composing something was a challenging task. The easy way out was to find some poems in a book or internet, but we were strictly told that our assignments would be checked for plagiarism.

I literally typed “how to write a poem” in google to get some ideas. Well it popped few results but one cannot teach you to write poem. It is an inbuilt art that comes along with a product. After spending some time online finding how to develop an ability to compose, I closed my eyes and helped thoughts to flow in. They were vague and unsynchronised initially but started taking a shape in a few moments.

I scribbled them on paper then polished them with a few rhymes to get an in-sync feeling. The final product was something like this:

Down through the woods a trail goes

Down through the woods a trail goes

Takes you into an another world

You see the darkness and feel the sound

Makes you realise somebody’s around

Still you keep moving scared and strained

With a hope in your heart that you reach the end

The dark is the night

And sounds are the leaves

They are just there stand and sealed

Stars and moon aid to you

Bring their luminance to guide you

Then you come out of the blackness

And praise the lights for their greatness

Well, I did it…. Happy and satisfied with my work I thought you can do anything if you wish to do it!!!