How do you get ideas? [discussion]

[Honeydukes Lover]

For me, I just decide "I want to make a poem. About..." and say what I feel like would be good for my mood. So then, I write down a quick one, and edit it for about a minute. You?  

[Zemedelphos]

I recently started writing poetry. I was surfing through yahoo answers and I can across one question, and when I typed out the answer, I realized it was in poetry form. After that, I answered most of the questions like that. It was in singles & dating by the way.  

[xXBisexual FlanXx]

Mm*. That's not how it is for me. I'm usually just listening to music or reading when I hear or read a line and I'm like, 'woah, dude!' and I write a poem about what that line is about. Kind of.

((Mm is the noise I make when I shake my head. Don't ask why I type it(I say mm for no, and hm for yes, if that helps).))  

[Lyonette]

Music is such a huge part of my life. I'm not a musician, I can't really play any instrument, but it inspires a lot of the things I do, both in life and in writing. For poetry though...

I find I'm more motivated to write poems when my teacher tells me to. I'm pretty new to it. I never thought I could write.  

[Cherished Strawberries]

I get most of my poems from music. Music is very emotional, and so is poetry. Whenever I hear a song with a melody that is particularly beautiful (or whatever else, so long as it is a strong emotion), I get an urge to put those feelings into words. Poetry is the best way to do this. I forget who said it, but this quote is very true: "Poetry is a composition of words set to music." Because of this, it is natural for music to inspire poetry.

Or...I start with a sentence or word that somehow makes me feel a particular emotion. Such as "serenity." Hearing that word brings to mind a great many things (things such as music, pictures, smells, etc.), and I can use those things to make a poem. It is all about things that make me feel strongly about something. People do this, too, but mostly it is music.

Anyway, that is what inspires me to write poetry. ^_^