How to write good poetry.

Critiquing, reviewing and editing.

From years of playing Chess, I've noticed that even though the observer that passes by sees only two player sitting facing each other; there's actually one player playing the game. From a Chessmaster's point of view, there's only one player; and that player is you.

Let me explain, when you're playing the game, you're not only thinking about your own notes, but you're thinking ahead of your opponent's move. At this stage, you have the mind of the opponent; hence, your opponent is you; planning a strategy now becomes easy. Same goes for poetry!

While composing: you become the critique, reviewer and editor. Think of what a critique might say, will they correct you in your structure your pace or your rhythm? What do you think they'll say? Will they think it's too boring? Ask yourself all this questions.

Likewise, after writing the poem, read it out loud to yourself; this will enable you get your rhythm and rhyming right.

When you do all these, an outside critique becomes just an opinion/option that helps, and not just a necessity.