Write a Better Love Poem (or Anything) | The Power of Specificity

[@Skummy123]

I haven’t wrote a poem since elementary school… I really care for this person and she sent one i still hold onto. Horrible with conveying feelings to words when i have so much too say. so i’m trying to not make it feel generic. You helped a lot ❤

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I'm glad to hear it--no matter how you may think the final product turns out, just taking the time to write something unique and from the heart will count for a lot

[@gavinmiller1998]

How did it go bro

[@Camila-mk8ym]

It reminded me of that scene in Pride and Prejudice where Mr. Darcy say “I thought the poetry was the food of love” and Elizabeth Bennet say “Of a fine stab that it may but if it is only a vague inclination and prevents one course on it will kill it stone dead” After all, we can’t really pretend to love and expect it to feel natural… Loved the video!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Nice, I like that--and thanks!

[@bernadetteyelland3969]

Love your videos Andrew! I have only just recently found you. These are so helpful and fun. You have an engaging way of sleaking and the content is spot on.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks a bunch!

[@jeffstone5554]

Hey Andrew, good advice. I could have used it before I wrote my love poem. The aspie writes a love poem You got my heart beating at scouring velocity I bet The colors of your paint job would be Flambeau and desert sunset You got more juice than a Holley 650 double pump carburetor As kind and cool as the interior of a 68 continental coach door Your mouth was built with the precision of a go no go gauge Your voice the soothing hum of a well-bathed metal lath With a mind that’s as on point as a floor-mounted drill press The drafting baton that laid down your lines, curvaceous Another thing I noticed is you shine brighter than chrome With the simple yet complex beauty of a geodesic dome

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Delightful--thanks for sharing! I like the mechanical images that put a new spin on the idea of love, and the sounds and images of the last two lines are especially nice (brighter than chrome/geodesic dome)!

[@Moon-lt5bi]

What are your thoughts on quatrains? I am working on a series of them and think it’s hard to be specific in them though I can be concrete. I love your videos

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks! A quatrain is just a form, so you can put whatever you want in them. I do find it can be a little trickier to be specific when I'm writing in form because I'm worried about keeping the rules. Sometimes, it can be helpful to write out something specific first and then try working it back into a form

[@billyalarie929]

When you thought for a good min that this dude actually thought the word was pronounced “valentimes”

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Ha! Nothing like writing a joke that pays off five months later--thanks for watching!

[@billyalarie929]

@@WritingwithAndrew you’re welcome!! Thanks for making this video

[@omorfaruqakib965]

8:50 that sudden break of eye contact 😅 Andrew I am really glad that you are continuing to upload these videos. Even though they might not be as 'successful' as they should have been, you are not discouraged, and I am glad for this. And, I really love the way you recite poems, would you be able to sometime upload episodes where you only recite poems?

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks for the kind words! I've thought about it--maybe I'll start thinking about it more seriously!

[@thenatureofsketching4622]

I appreciate your videos a lot Andrew but can’t see a playlist for poetry whereby I could find all your poetry videos specifically

[@WritingwithAndrew]

For now, there's just a creative writing playlist (which is mostly poetry). I may have to make it it's own playlist, though

[@da3855]

Hi Andrew! I wish I had discovered your channel sooner; you have such a clear, eloquent manner of speaking that is both high brow and understandable. Thanks for these videos, they might not generate the viewership they deserve, but I’m confident that in time, fame will come! Also, I wasn’t going to mention this, but since this episode is about love poems (much to the chagrin of the clearly disgruntled Kaput), I just wanted to let you know that your good looks are quite distracting for the more romantically inclined of your subscribers.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@Dante-f2v]

Hey sir!!! I am going to keep it short an simple... But u truly Help me with my poem... Nobody taught poem better than u... I never wrote a poem before and when I did this and send to my gf... She legit cried and said it's the most beautiful poem she has ever read. Am gonna end this by saying... Thank may u love a long life!!!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

That's awesome to hear--thanks for the kind words!

[@ThoughtfulManiac]

This might sound generic but I love that skull laying besides you

[@kaputmortuum]

Your taste is not generic but exquisite

[@SaimQ-yz2cl]

I have a short poem - Blueberry and raspberry, to my dearest and deepest love, every now and then , We’d meet and I’d bring a bowl, A bowl of blueberries and raspberries, raspberries are your favourite and blueberries are mine , but when I come , this time you can eat the blueberries and I , I’ll eat the raspberries, my dear sweet is the fruit , but sweeter it is when I get to witness sweet fruit being eaten by my darling. -

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Nice!

[@Jane-zp7hy]

Thank you!

[@petramp4]

Great advice!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks!