Everything you need to write a poem (and how it can save a life) | Daniel Tysdal | TEDxUTSC

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2025

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  • @Valentina-zj5ct
    @Valentina-zj5ct 4 года назад +3518

    When you already write poetry but you just come here to make you sure you are doing it ok

  • @JackT13
    @JackT13 7 лет назад +4902

    I remember less each day
    Your laugh
    Your smile
    Your gentle way.
    I search my brain
    Then entertain
    The thought of you
    With me again.
    And for a while
    I wear a smile
    But then once more
    You start to fade.
    I try and try
    To only find
    That you’re not here
    And I remain.

  • @monkeysfly13
    @monkeysfly13 8 лет назад +2260

    aw look at all these cute poems in the comment section. Follow your heart everyone, and may light shine in the darkest corners of your life. Peace x love

    • @tpj24ever54
      @tpj24ever54 7 лет назад +3

      Fire Power he/she never said it was theirs...

    • @Slynell1
      @Slynell1 4 года назад

      you too bro

    • @AtharvP07
      @AtharvP07 4 года назад +1

      Hello Writer !!
      We could publish your writing in a WORLD RECORD AIMED BOOK with a very small and minimal entry fees which would include several things.
      For more information and all the details, do contact me on my Instagram id : aths1803

    • @lll25149
      @lll25149 3 года назад

      You too thanks so much

    • @theheartofmusic7663
      @theheartofmusic7663 2 года назад +1

      @@zubairkhan-jv1mh the least broken one .

  • @josephinemateo2553
    @josephinemateo2553 3 года назад +682

    I love how this comment section is full of poetry, as some one who loves poems I often struggle on how to write one.

    • @randyestrada6224
      @randyestrada6224 3 года назад +20

      Now this I can agree but in poetry its “Agreed”

    • @aster7482
      @aster7482 2 года назад +6

      same lmao

  • @ngoinam25
    @ngoinam25 6 лет назад +372

    When pain is involved,
    Poetry is evolved.
    ~Old Soul~

  • @anjal1ka
    @anjal1ka 4 года назад +805

    the woman I fear to be
    is the one I already am
    don't want to grow into my misery
    but she's the only one who holds my hand

  • @fullmetalfoley9058
    @fullmetalfoley9058 6 лет назад +297

    Like a broken record, you just repeat.
    Missing lines, skipping beats
    Your notes are random
    Your meaning blurred
    You sing a song to me
    But I don’t hear any words.
    I've seen your heart, I’ve felt the beat
    With each note you play, you draw me in
    Enticing strings call my name
    Distorted chords you wrote in pain
    They harmonize in sweet accord
    And combine to form a perfect melody.
    The song you sing cries out to me
    Distorted chords in harmony
    Composed from pain; a melodic sympathy
    Perfect symmetry; vivid imagery
    Forged in fire; my affinity
    You are my song; a beautiful eccentricity

    • @autumnnn.1
      @autumnnn.1 Год назад +11

      This one gave me chills, thanks for sharing

    • @Th3BigBoy
      @Th3BigBoy Год назад +22

      Okay, I usually can't stand these, but this was somehow really well done.
      This reaches you 5 years later. Maybe it comes as a reminder for you to write again.

    • @lilkakas
      @lilkakas 4 месяца назад

      🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @Vasu_Maan
      @Vasu_Maan 3 месяца назад +1

      One of the best poems I ever read!❤

    • @tinasnow5966
      @tinasnow5966 2 месяца назад

      @@Th3BigBoyi'm curious, what do you meab by "these"?

  • @trobinsond
    @trobinsond 7 лет назад +1968

    I pushed a cat:
    I pushed a cat
    That was bad
    I pushed a cat
    The cat is mad
    I pushed a cat
    He bit me
    That hurt
    Now I'm sad
    The end.
    **many snaps**

    • @berlinocelot
      @berlinocelot 6 лет назад +248

      I think the cat was a metaphor for 9/11.

    • @sirah9852
      @sirah9852 6 лет назад +120

      @@berlinocelot my english teacher is quacking

    • @Gabriel-se9el
      @Gabriel-se9el 6 лет назад +19

      many claps is genuis.u just dont realise it

    • @mouse3751
      @mouse3751 6 лет назад +10

      @@sirah9852 quack quack!

    • @은희이-s3p
      @은희이-s3p 5 лет назад +5

      Lol

  • @laadidaadidoo
    @laadidaadidoo 2 года назад +218

    His eyes were like a kaleidoscope,
    Changing colors when he was happy,
    Or when he was sad.
    Changing colours when he cried,
    Or when he smiled.
    They danced between shades,
    And I could never decide
    What colour they really were.
    But one day, I found out.
    They were blank,
    Staring up at the sky
    One last time
    With nothing left in them.
    The sparkle was gone,
    And so was he.

    • @buddymahoney6328
      @buddymahoney6328 2 года назад +2

      This really stood out to me. It's just really good 😄
      Edit: Your name as well, seems all too familiar

    • @laadidaadidoo
      @laadidaadidoo 2 года назад +1

      @@buddymahoney6328 oh?? Thanks haha

    • @grace-nm3hk
      @grace-nm3hk 2 года назад +2

      This is so beautiful, so so moving

    • @elpelonchido8445
      @elpelonchido8445 2 года назад +1

      The first line was amazing and what followed fit beautifully

    • @leahennebelleismail9349
      @leahennebelleismail9349 2 года назад +2

      this might be the best thing i've ever read. thank you for writing this

  • @DeemyDolly
    @DeemyDolly 8 лет назад +2043

    I fell in love with you after you died
    Into deep brown Mona Lisa eyes
    That followed us around the room
    From the last taken portrait of you
    I held your sister as she cried
    Dressed in your favourite clothes
    The liveliest of your household now silenced
    And drifting through rooms as a ghost
    I listened to your mother as she tried
    Tried to thank me for coming to - to -
    "He would've liked that you're here
    I'm sure he really liked you."
    I flinched when your father lied
    He smiled, said he was fine
    He played us your favourite song
    But... didn't sing along.

    • @DanielScottTysdal
      @DanielScottTysdal 8 лет назад +23

      Great piece, Dima.

    • @ratking6478
      @ratking6478 8 лет назад +16

      I applaud you.

    • @edawhg
      @edawhg 7 лет назад +45

      this is beautiful, do you publish you poems online anywhere?

    • @rhiisabean8144
      @rhiisabean8144 7 лет назад +56

      This is beautiful 💕 may I please have your permission to perform this piece for my speech and debate class? I am supposed to choose a poem that I like and perform it in front of a crowd. I would give you credit

    • @karnika2404
      @karnika2404 7 лет назад +1

      This is beautiful

  • @faithmeek7936
    @faithmeek7936 7 лет назад +217

    Never started crying in under 5 minutes while eating cookies before.... What an amazing talk

    • @whisperingdragon4194
      @whisperingdragon4194 4 года назад +6

      faith meek Same! My cookies tasted great

    • @scoobydoo7220
      @scoobydoo7220 2 года назад +4

      Eating cookies... I should do that! Thank you for your inspiring words 🥺

  • @Friendly_Boo
    @Friendly_Boo 5 лет назад +224

    Don’t want to go
    Don’t want to stay
    But here I am
    Wasting away

  • @shivalisfoodlab3180
    @shivalisfoodlab3180 4 года назад +414

    Poems come from the the deepest part of our heart
    The darkest secrets
    The scars and the hurt
    The pains we couldn't
    Enunciate to no one
    We are carrying them
    In our bleeding heart

  • @Franksocoo
    @Franksocoo 7 лет назад +257

    I'm a poet who's lost motivation due to recent events in my life. But watching this just gave me a much needed spark! Thank you for sharing!

    • @whatnameshallitake2033
      @whatnameshallitake2033 3 года назад +13

      4 years late just wanted to say I sincerely hope things are better for you now!

    • @professionalyapperrr
      @professionalyapperrr Год назад +1

      5 years late just wanted to say i sincerely hope things are better for you now pt²

    • @notjoel2315
      @notjoel2315 Год назад +1

      5 years late just wanted to say I sincerely hope things are better for you now!

    • @lisaaaron5564
      @lisaaaron5564 8 месяцев назад

      I am experiencing this right now. I am praying I haven't lost my ability to write. I hope you found yours!!

  • @kalvincarld
    @kalvincarld 4 года назад +73

    Leonora
    I remember the way
    The sun lights up your eyes
    As we laugh, cry, listen
    Sigh under summer skies
    You make my day.
    The light breeze breathes
    Upon your hair
    And your fair face.
    Now I lay down
    On the meadow
    Smiling, laughing
    Crying and sighing
    But all alone
    You are just another memory
    Just another rose
    But alas, the rose is plucked
    And laid on a stone.

    • @chahed6970
      @chahed6970 4 года назад +6

      That's sad. I'm sorry if that's true.

    • @philcu2406
      @philcu2406 7 месяцев назад

      Pain with beauty…powerful, yet gentle!

  • @owwsdingatlaga8633
    @owwsdingatlaga8633 5 лет назад +183

    The comment section is gold ❤🔥

    • @jessenceq3250
      @jessenceq3250 4 года назад +1

      Reveals how human responses could be transformed. Raising our words and what unites us all in our human condition, rather than just raising our ego shields and arrows.

  • @jervoskitzin
    @jervoskitzin 3 года назад +66

    Professor Tysdal taught my POETRY 101/INTRODUCTION class. The man was a true gem who really tried his best to bring poetry to life for us. He made class entertaining while still teaching real lessons. I've been blessed with amazing teacher my entire life, but Tysdal is easily a top 5...and I had him in UNI, not high school!
    I went to his office hours once for an assignment proposal, and he was so impressed by my idea that he said he would grade the paper himself rather than his T.A...only after being a high school teacher for a few years did I realize that he tricked me. He wasn't impressed by my idea. But he knew that the personalized attention he gave me would make me work harder on the paper, and I did.
    Things like that are what make this man a treasure. That, and so, so much more!

  • @ethinke
    @ethinke Год назад +38

    The shadow behind
    The bright and light outside
    The clinching and grinding inside
    The scratching and the binding
    The tears and wears
    But left with a happy smile and despairs
    (My first attempt at poems)

  • @otelo3868
    @otelo3868 5 лет назад +709

    Coconut in my desk
    Well you know
    Man, i have to rest
    Window

  • @megamilk185
    @megamilk185 5 лет назад +78

    The silence in my room
    Accompanied by sobs that my lungs drew
    The night I dreamt of you
    Is another slit
    That lies on my wrist.
    I have not yet
    Nor do i plan to forget
    The day you made me cry
    Tears that have now gone dry.

    • @cameliad368
      @cameliad368 3 года назад +2

      Most beautiful poem I have read in the comments yet❤👏👍

    • @cameliad368
      @cameliad368 3 года назад +3

      But seriously, I hope evrythings okay with you❤

    • @sasbttrr
      @sasbttrr 3 года назад +1

      Omg this is sooo strong. Wow!!!

    • @mohammad1906
      @mohammad1906 2 года назад

      As I'm reading this poem of yours
      My eyes are already filled with tears
      Her separation is what my soul fears
      I love her so much,but she never cares.

  • @neko3076
    @neko3076 4 года назад +40

    Here is my amateur poetry even if this video is years old
    You call yourself useless
    Not needed in a world like this
    you just never really listened
    To the people who're glad you exist
    You dont know their perspective
    Of how you saved their life
    That in their room of darkness
    You came by and stayed as light
    You came to their wasteland
    and made flowers grow and bloom
    You never really knew
    Their world needed someone like you

  • @tpj24ever54
    @tpj24ever54 7 лет назад +481

    My first poem ever, ballad, wrote it when i was 13,
    Ever since she drew her last breath,
    She took away my soul.
    And forgot to gave me back my heart,
    And parts of me she stole.
    I asked her just the day before,
    Am i forgiven yet?
    With makeup running down her eyes,
    I just cannot forget.
    I should've begged,
    I should've cried,
    Shouldn't have let her go,
    Without atleast, a goodbye hug.
    I was as cold as snow.
    How dare you leave me all alone?
    How dare you walk away?
    I lost my excuse for living,
    Congrats, you made me pay.

    • @afo8804
      @afo8804 6 лет назад +28

      U literally made me cry and happy at the same time . I mean wow . . I hope you dont mind me sharing it .

    • @adnanalam2006
      @adnanalam2006 6 лет назад +7

      Omg

    • @adnanalam2006
      @adnanalam2006 6 лет назад +31

      Don't ever f.king stop. Work more you'll be a great human. Did you really did it when you was 13...? Just wow.

    • @mayarm6924
      @mayarm6924 6 лет назад +5

      That is SO good omfg

    • @beyourself4996
      @beyourself4996 6 лет назад +3

      TØP & J2 4EVER I hear it this heard the 5sos song move one.

  • @Mari-bq9ce
    @Mari-bq9ce 4 года назад +108

    "just write, and let your imaginations move freely"

  • @rasmachris94
    @rasmachris94 Год назад +7

    Calls deadened by the distance.
    Sequestered by the bustling busy bodies.
    Waterfalls of audio burst into a steady stream of tranquillity.
    Calm, yet turbulent.

  • @aaichan4008
    @aaichan4008 4 года назад +25

    Comment section
    filled with best poem i have read.
    First time i didnt curse myself after pausing video to read comments.

  • @iAMJaws
    @iAMJaws 8 лет назад +243

    I am her Earth
    and she is my water
    no matter where she goes
    even if I can't see her anymore
    Even if she vanishes out of thin air
    No matter where she goes
    She always comes back to me
    because she is my water
    and I, her Earth

    • @iAMJaws
      @iAMJaws 8 лет назад +6

      it's decent I guess

    • @juliensays
      @juliensays 7 лет назад +9

      I really like this one

    • @Kerm88
      @Kerm88 5 лет назад +1

      Not even decent. At least make it rhyme

    • @saturn4237
      @saturn4237 5 лет назад +24

      @@Kerm88 poems don't have to rhyme

    • @LennonCobain456
      @LennonCobain456 5 лет назад +2

      Sucks. Git gud

  • @bubblegummy1628
    @bubblegummy1628 Год назад +9

    This is what I wrote as he spoke and guided:
    Cold winters return, took my breath away
    Where that laughter once held me anchored
    Despite knowing the truth I fought to stay
    Just so I know you loved my scent everyday
    Now everytime I taste your favourite ice-cream
    Bittersweet tears roll down my face
    Your touched me like my favourite blanket on a rainy night
    I miss your shiny honey eyes, vibrant and bright
    Like the star of hope I hold in my heart
    I wish you return to me like a comet you are

  • @sophierosekarpowicz
    @sophierosekarpowicz 6 лет назад +9

    you said you love me
    with your red, full lips
    you said you were here to stay
    you were never going to quit
    you held me as the sun arose
    and the moon said goodbye
    you kissed me in the morning light
    and it made me feel like i could fly
    now i’m here all alone
    as the minutes tick away
    you told me that you love me
    but it doesnt feel that way
    *ahhhh that was the first poem i wrote! i wrote it in 6th grade, obviously i’ve never been in love lol*

  • @paulreason6485
    @paulreason6485 9 лет назад +314

    very eye opening. i'm a poet but I had hit a dry spell where it seemed I couldn't write anymore. I think I can get back into it

    • @edwarddundon-smith9059
      @edwarddundon-smith9059 9 лет назад +4

      Would i be able to see ur work anywhere? I want to get into poetry.

    • @paulreason6485
      @paulreason6485 9 лет назад +9

      Edward Dundoned smith I have not posted my work anywhere at this time. But if you would like I can see about posting a few on Google plus or something like that. I would love to share my work with you if you think it will help you get started. Let me know.

    • @DanielScottTysdal
      @DanielScottTysdal 9 лет назад

      +Paul Reason Thank you, Paul.

    • @paulreason6485
      @paulreason6485 8 лет назад

      yep, I have learned to do just that

    • @onlinewritingcourse
      @onlinewritingcourse 7 лет назад +3

      If you hit a dry spell. write about something happening, when someone brought something in the room, or finding something, related to the after math of an event so it is the end resolve. as your physical response to it as well, or pick a word and see what memory brings to u and write about one part of the experience

  • @keeganbarboza207
    @keeganbarboza207 4 года назад +802

    She said do you love me,
    I told her only partly,
    I only love my bed and my mama,
    I'm sorry🙏.

  • @candycanestripes1305
    @candycanestripes1305 9 лет назад +3083

    Poems do not need to rhyme.
    Rhyming is a waste of time.

    • @ChristopherAndTheLostBinoculer
      @ChristopherAndTheLostBinoculer 9 лет назад +189

      +Candycane Stripes I saw what you did there

    • @okaypinkplays9893
      @okaypinkplays9893 9 лет назад +25

      +Christopher Rasmussen lmao me too

    • @jerryseinfeld109
      @jerryseinfeld109 8 лет назад +153

      For the time one takes to rhyme, must be spent on something more sublime. Like a watching the ships from the dock go by, to rhyme is but a waste of time

    • @jerryseinfeld109
      @jerryseinfeld109 8 лет назад +19

      For the time one takes to rhyme, must be spent on something more sublime. Like a watching the ships from the dock go by, to rhyme is but a waste of time

    • @jerryseinfeld109
      @jerryseinfeld109 8 лет назад +5

      For the time one takes to rhyme, must be spent on something more sublime. Like a watching the ships from the dock go by, to rhyme is but a waste of time

  • @shaylaalviter6647
    @shaylaalviter6647 2 года назад +29

    Leap onto me with all you’ve got
    Don’t make me wait for tomorrow
    Find me a cage to shed my anger
    To lose my insanity
    And make the wolves look for me
    In this foreign society
    Where everybody loses their mind
    Go flee and run
    Throughout the jungle of worry
    Grasp my soul so tightly
    Where your hands grip and slide
    With a burn echoing through skin and bones
    Hold in your envy and spite
    Until the currents wave back
    And crash by the ocean base
    During the glistening night of stars
    Cheers to the hollow moon
    Witness of war and heroism
    Once present every night
    During the wrong and the right

  • @DarkNight80154
    @DarkNight80154 8 лет назад +39

    Very raw but I am open to criticism. As long as it will help. please be kinda I've never done this before.
    "So Long Love Song"
    Your touch was soft like a light wave on the beach
    your blonde hair was as golden as the sunset skyline.
    My hand is empty like the desert after a sandstorm
    dry, empty, and lonely.
    Like a safe with no content my hand is bare.
    The warmth of your touch brought chills down my body
    a soft fire during winter bringing me comfort.
    Now cold to the touch bringing feelings of pain and sorrow.
    The haunting image of my tears on your shoulder brings salty streams down my cheek.
    Our last hug, our last kiss, our last goodbye, frozen in time.
    The lasting memories leaving a feeling of longing inside.

  • @patricianiebrzydowski3852
    @patricianiebrzydowski3852 4 года назад +84

    Trauma:
    My tangerine sneakers,
    never having touched the soiled concrete,
    as fresh as perfectly ripened fruit,
    are bruised and spoiled
    by sour memories that grow tainted
    with confrontation;
    when my sweet joy was
    peeled away, leaving behind
    a soft mass of fearful, rotting pulp.

    • @LifefulLife
      @LifefulLife 3 года назад +4

      ooh I really like this, the continual use of fruit related imagery. The poem really shows how a traumatic event can taint something that used to feel untouched and new.

    • @novepipps
      @novepipps 3 года назад +1

      Gorgeous, vivid, underrated.. reminds me of halseys poetry, who also uses fruit imagery.

    • @mariamelkholy8567
      @mariamelkholy8567 3 года назад

      Love this, an idea tied from beginning to end

  • @sistergloomy2063
    @sistergloomy2063 8 лет назад +193

    Also my first attempt of a poem:
    Empty:
    Without thought
    exiled from passion
    days spent distraught
    living with a life-less fashion
    It doesn't burn
    I don't know what is real
    Life doesnt always take the right turn
    It lacks the right feel
    The cold seeping through the window sill
    Oh the burn in my fingers, do it I cry
    Or just take a damn pill,
    When people say their okay, its really just a bitter lie.

  • @Angela-w9g9c
    @Angela-w9g9c Год назад +5

    This is so inspirational! Here is my poem, after his prompts

  • @ayushii-yg2kk
    @ayushii-yg2kk Год назад +3

    your laugh like spring blissing with the autumn
    captivating my soul as a time-worn whisper being told

  • @bikaltripathi4385
    @bikaltripathi4385 Месяц назад +2

    Bottom of the sea to the mountains height
    Starting From my place, to the infinite light
    In every face, in every state
    I see you here; i see you there
    I see you everywhere, i see you everywhere
    Whether its warmth of the day
    Or coldness of the night's gray
    Whether it's shadow or a glowing light
    You are in my heart ; you are in my sight
    I feel you everywhere ,I feel you everywhere
    Away from the crowd, away from the voice
    Maintaining the distance, cancelling every noise
    Cuz the Only need is to listen your voice
    Break the way, come to near
    I need to hear you ohh dear.

  • @subcutie5479
    @subcutie5479 5 лет назад +43

    When the darkness falls
    And I’m just here
    Alone
    The thoughts keep me up
    I miss the warmth of the sun
    Your presence
    I’m not sure if I like you
    Or your existence

  • @Username-ww2cd
    @Username-ww2cd 5 лет назад +231

    This is my first poem, I’m 14 and only wrote it the other day- I’m becoming interested in poetry:
    Every night I lay in bed,
    A storm begins to grow inside my head,
    Crashing against the walls of my brain,
    My thoughts are the thunder and life is the rain.
    The illusion of time decides to pass,
    as lightning strikes my world: from the sky to the grass,
    starting destructive yet beautiful fires of anger and sadness,
    I realise that again I am alone with my mind and its madness.
    Every single water droplet becomes heavier,
    as I reflect over the terrible day that has come to an end,
    I think about the people who have agrivated me and stirred up my hate,
    the storm is becoming devastating- suffocating the animals that represent my hope
    Is it really worth it?
    Why do I bother?
    Why do I get up and deal with the pain of life,
    When I could stay here,
    In a world of my own.

  • @samrathtully6909
    @samrathtully6909 2 года назад +6

    His smile
    Warming even the moon
    Smiling to show his affection
    Warming himself and us
    Not even crying when we all were
    He embodied control self control
    Not blinking twice to smile
    But when it was time for us to cry he couldn’t blink

  • @davidandrew1888
    @davidandrew1888 8 лет назад +65

    You are the reason
    You are the reason I can't sleep
    A restless dance with mind body and soul
    A trophy-less goal
    You are the reason I can't sleep.
    You are the reason I breath
    They way you move
    A beauty you do not have to prove
    You are the reason I can't sleep
    You are the reason I still believe
    A love so full god himself could not smother
    A reason to live, or why bother?
    You are the reason I will bleed.

    • @azbycxcxyba9350
      @azbycxcxyba9350 6 лет назад +8

      Great, this is one I made that might fit the you're the reason:
      You're the worst of traitors
      Since you came by my side
      You came up like a friend
      But now you torture me at night
      You're made me forget everything
      Or skip anything I used to do
      also I still cut me up
      And you're the reason for that too
      I now never accept invites
      Because I lost the trust in people
      They just always backstab me
      So my heart became a hole
      I've had enough I'm not a fighter
      So for now I'll say goodbye
      I've lost my love and interests
      Now I only want to die

    • @LifefulLife
      @LifefulLife 3 года назад +1

      Beautiful and cleverly written, great job!

    • @naturally_dreaa9051
      @naturally_dreaa9051 3 года назад

      🙌🏽

  • @stalinbarath4626
    @stalinbarath4626 6 лет назад +478

    *The Nokia Poem*
    You don’t need an
    iPhone XS,
    For calling and
    Some random text,
    Not so costly
    With little specs,
    Nokia
    Is just few bucks.

    • @lastsonshine
      @lastsonshine 5 лет назад +18

      thanks ill think about buying nokia

    • @ziberroo4157
      @ziberroo4157 5 лет назад +15

      it is also indestructible

    • @anada47
      @anada47 5 лет назад +10

      at the end it said "show less" because of the youtube formatting, and for some reason for a second I thought it was part of the poem because it rhymed slightly lol. But nice poem, it's very true

  • @happymaskedguy1943
    @happymaskedguy1943 7 лет назад +37

    His conclusion caught me off guard with how emotionally powerful it was. I realised I can recapture a little piece of my grandmothers treasured time with her family.
    Thank you for sharing that. Great work.

  • @ibrahimemmanuel4780
    @ibrahimemmanuel4780 4 года назад +43

    Here's mine :
    Him sitting on his chair
    In silence, with no despair
    Taking baked bananas to eat
    Together with a cup tea
    Chewing his food tenderly and slowly
    With no stress in his mind

    • @LifefulLife
      @LifefulLife 3 года назад +2

      aww this paints such a sweet image

    • @potatowarrior747
      @potatowarrior747 3 года назад +1

      I can literally imagine somebody's dad. How cute.

  • @letitallhangout4353
    @letitallhangout4353 Месяц назад +4

    Thank you so much Daniel 💫💫
    Follwoing is a poem that i have written and it gives me pleasure to think that so many people can read it through this comment ,inshaALLAH!❣❣❣
    "My thoughts knock at my mind
    I know they won't let me sleep
    So I yield to their might and
    Break away from the bed
    Fireflies and I am running behind
    In the thick forest that boggles my mind
    And where do they take me?
    To a golden tree ,to angelic street
    Is it you sawing the trees?
    The twirl and the blue eyes
    And I'm diving into this ocean bright
    Is this the real or just my fantasy
    Am I lost in you or you dwell my mind
    Can you feel butterflies fluttering inside
    Or is it me enamoured by your sight
    You are no stranger to me
    i cherish you like a childhood tale
    But you elude me everytime
    like a forgotten old play
    You pass by me as if i am ghost
    untouched ,impassive ,like a cold storm
    But I sit in your way watching the clock tick
    waiting for you to shine your rays
    And in friends ,when you tell the joke
    I collapse into gales of laughter
    even before you hit the punchline,so
    its not real just my fantasy
    i am lost in you and you dwell my mind
    You cant feel the butterflies fluttering inside
    Cz its just me enamoured by your sight
    Memoona Aaqil"
    I would love to hear your thoughts on my poem .
    🌟🌟

  • @tala5802
    @tala5802 7 лет назад +65

    I wasn’t supposed to be here
    It all feels so surreal
    Beating hearts that's all I hear
    I wonder if I'll ever get out of here
    A door once opened but now closed
    Just like our hearts they stay unknown
    Consume my illness but not my soul
    Don't be afraid just come close
    Darling I know anxiety it takes control
    But I promise you I won't let go
    Hold on tight and stay up close
    Promise me you'll never leave me alone
    -

  • @TheLinguistsLibrary
    @TheLinguistsLibrary 8 месяцев назад +2

    Poetry has kept me sober. It continues to be the healthiest form to deal with overwhelming emotions. This applies to both reading and writing poetry.

  • @emilywanjiru1507
    @emilywanjiru1507 4 года назад +3

    I REMEMBER LESS EACH DAY, FOR WHAT YOU TAKE ABOUT. I START CRYING

  • @nodless6737
    @nodless6737 Месяц назад +1

    I love this comment section, It's just everyone expressing their feelings through beautiful words 🤍

  • @talsteiner3610
    @talsteiner3610 6 лет назад +5

    for the first time
    in a long time
    i felt happy.
    laughter echoed against empty fields
    only the four of us there to hear it.
    pure utter happiness revealed itself to me
    as i saw my friends dance,
    and look up at the stars,
    and roll down hills.
    we all fell into a pile
    and watched the sunset,
    exhausted and inspired at the same time.
    - "the sky was dark but our minds were not"

  • @Riurelia
    @Riurelia 4 года назад +3

    13:29
    I was lying down on my bed while watching this video but the rhymes at the end cause me to get up. I'm really amazed by the rhythm and rhymes.

  • @wmtcas3970
    @wmtcas3970 2 года назад +42

    My first proper poem I've written, age 16.
    (intended to be read/sang like a lullaby)
    She’s been heading for the sky
    He’ll blatantly just keep her down
    Upon the clouds she will fly
    He’ll chase her dream but fall and drown
    She easily saw past his eyes
    He failed to see, became a clown
    But when the time came for goodbyes
    Expressed emotion without sound
    Such catharsis he would find
    Contained entirely on the ground
    Forced apart by waking eyes
    He wished they never opened now
    Her words were betrayed by her eyes
    And the scratches he had found
    Although he’s glad to see her fly
    My fantasy you stayed around.

    • @kira33646
      @kira33646 Год назад +3

      Reading that sounded really smooth, great poem! I like how you create the bittersweet lullaby effect with your poem, keep going!

  • @blonde6197
    @blonde6197 2 месяца назад +2

    I often replay scenes from the film I have already seen dozens of times
    Taking bits and pieces of each picture
    And lying on the ground
    reminiscing the scenes worth recalling for my own enjoyment
    It’s comforting
    Makes me feel a sense of blissfulness, yet
    Lonesome
    I often get lost in a maze full of those bits and pieces that are now prickly thorns and tangled vines
    I’m scared
    Why don’t I remember how to escape this maze?
    I’ve seen this film before
    Take me back
    I wish I never seen this film that now brings me agonizing torture, yet
    It’s comforting

    • @BlackestEyes709
      @BlackestEyes709 15 часов назад +1

      This speaks to me. I'm a movie geek and just this morning whilst having a morning smoke and coffee I was just saying lines from An American Werewolf in London to myself lol
      "and what do you think they'd say? They'd think us mad!"
      "Perhaps they'll be safe in the rain"
      "You hear that?" "I heard nothin" "nor I"
      I love The Slaughtered Lamb scene if you've watched it?
      And I wish I could watch my favorite films with fresh eyes again

  • @wybiecore
    @wybiecore 8 лет назад +572

    i want to write a poem but I have never been in love, I have never suffered a terrible life. I have food on my table and a roof over my head. what can I write about?

    • @vxx171
      @vxx171 8 лет назад +115

      Write about normal daily experiences. There'll always be people who can relate to it.

    • @DanielScottTysdal
      @DanielScottTysdal 8 лет назад +75

      I agree with Vikraman 10. You can write more meditative, philosophical works on your everyday experience.

    • @dustiny.334
      @dustiny.334 8 лет назад +256

      Thats even worse. Write about that.

    • @rounakbhamra2770
      @rounakbhamra2770 8 лет назад +73

      You can write about gratitude then :)

    • @wybiecore
      @wybiecore 8 лет назад +27

      Rounak Bhamra ahaha😂 but update: i have had my first crush. im going to write about that

  • @Im.juvii_
    @Im.juvii_ 18 дней назад +1

    Title : A strong dopamine
    Sometimes I feels like almost dead, no soul, no breath, no dreams, no vision just all blank.
    And suddenly your image appears in my eyes, All I see is just you by my sight.
    Then a thought comes in my mind, How can I die before making you mine ?
    Finally the situation starts getting fine, and I get back to life with a strong dopamine.

  • @katiefielder7525
    @katiefielder7525 4 года назад +11

    For my great grandma:
    Your Music
    The timid touch of your keyboard keys
    Like a dove in a snowstorm that cannot sing

    • @amytang6915
      @amytang6915 4 года назад

      Beautiful

    • @thewheelchairone
      @thewheelchairone 4 года назад

      @@amytang6915 tussttsuustuststtsuststussuttsustsutsuddtstsudddtstuststsusutsusddusdddtsdttuddddfdtstsutsuddtstauaas tee

  • @SafetyMentalst
    @SafetyMentalst 3 месяца назад +2

    "I can do this"
    Tell myself all the time I can do this
    Fell off a cliff into the waters abyss
    Told myself swim or give life a kiss
    Told myself I can do this with bliss
    I tell myself I shall never be remiss

  • @nate417
    @nate417 2 года назад +5

    Lost my dad a few months ago. Been playing the guitar more and learning some songs he liked and used to play. He liked Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan, so while learning this song and the lyrics, I got to experience the poetry of Dylan's lyrics which has inspired me to write better. Here's the poem I created while watching this talk, recalling a memory of my dad playing guitar quietly in the morning so as not to wake me up.
    Sonrise
    Soft strumming in the summers morning.
    Like a roosters scream but silenced and somber.
    No sleeping eyes can stay so still.
    Succumb to the sequence of the subdued sounds.
    Song only to the sun, and his slumbering son.

    • @akshit109
      @akshit109 2 года назад +1

      May his soul rest in peace.
      More power to you my brother
      He is there for you always in your heart.

    • @pcpxbotendorastermace9948
      @pcpxbotendorastermace9948 Год назад

      Good alliteration

  • @birupeteribrahim5039
    @birupeteribrahim5039 2 года назад +10

    Your teaching has set fire in me..... My passion for poetry has waxed up ... God bless you 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

  • @rockbellstormcloud7365
    @rockbellstormcloud7365 5 лет назад +49

    let see how this goes,
    today is a beautiful day,
    i see all my friends at the park.
    today is a beautiful day
    i see not her at the park.
    Today is beautiful day,
    and i realized at the park,
    that i won't see her forever
    I still haven't seen her as the decades goes on.
    wow that's actually cathartic.
    Edit:thank you whoever gave me a like, im glad you liked my poem^^!!

  • @strangerrrrrrr
    @strangerrrrrrr 6 лет назад +147

    how many times do you have to rehearse
    all of your crimes and crying verse?
    stop checking if the coast is clear-
    because the only thing you should fear is fear

  • @summer_serranose
    @summer_serranose 4 года назад +4

    As I stood afar from the scene
    to hear my loved ones and your cries
    before they closed the window screen
    In futility, I screamed my last goodbye
    yet to this time
    I cannot decide what i miss the most
    the softness of your touch as it stroked mine
    or the musty scent of your cologne

    • @amall.1655
      @amall.1655 3 года назад

      y must u make me cry 😭💔 but that was actually a very good poem. I'm inspired 🥺

    • @summer_serranose
      @summer_serranose 3 года назад

      @@amall.1655 awww thank you very much!

  • @miremmy
    @miremmy 2 года назад +8

    this is my first poem, i really tried
    Your presence was candy to a child
    Indulging in love was nothing but sweet
    How my heart was drawn in
    Yet beat faster in your absence
    Obsession became a friend
    And distrust became a habit
    My eyes could never meet yours
    My words could never reach you
    The mirror spoke to me with the image of you staring
    Thinking of every picture led closer to the glass shattering
    Inevitability took refuge in my thoughts
    And went away along with you

  • @azariahmoore3101
    @azariahmoore3101 6 лет назад +10

    My little sister always cries
    When she finds out our daddy's little lies
    He says "I'm sorry" and "it's ok"
    But again and again he fades away
    The disappointment in her eyes
    The lack of readiness towered by surprise
    I wish to wipe away these feelings from her mind
    She doesn't know he all but loves
    That our mothers stories aren't made up
    And when she does it will ubrupt
    This maturity and this nothing less gain
    And she'll wonder why she wailed with pain
    Over a man she simply entertained
    Over a man who was never there
    Over a man that always vanished
    Through
    Thin
    Air

  • @velcucoaching-velcuoy9591
    @velcucoaching-velcuoy9591 4 года назад +1

    Why is the October sky,
    this sidewalk,
    this chair,
    this home,
    especially meaningful?
    Experiences once shared.
    Missing you

  • @FAFash-wo9yg
    @FAFash-wo9yg 4 года назад +24

    Thank you Daniel for giving me the inspiration I needed. Because of you - I had a real go at constructing a personal poem based on my experiences/observations. I now believe I'm writing a poetry book that will be released in the near future. I hope to make the New York Times bestsellers list. 🙂😬🤞🏽🎉

  • @Meghisht7
    @Meghisht7 Год назад +2

    Tomorrow is my poetry competition, we got the update just today. Also, poetry is never been taught to us, I was so damn nervous, I was just sliding through some videos, while I saw this. I can say that I clicked this vid expecting something, and it led me to something. It was like a personal therapy session. Hats off man , hats off

  • @sromonasengupta9-c512
    @sromonasengupta9-c512 3 года назад +7

    This video teaches us-
    Why poetry mends our mind;
    The moments that you spend weaving rhythm
    Are enough to bring back your lost life.
    I truly loved this video♥️

  • @pravneetkaur2010
    @pravneetkaur2010 3 года назад +1

    Where are those genuine big smiles
    That stretched from cheeks to eyes
    And like sunrays filled the world with light
    ?

  • @easycook4625
    @easycook4625 4 года назад +3

    your grinning smile
    When i look at you
    Is like a marigold
    that requires warmth
    No matter how much warmth it seeks
    It will always grow in midwinter's bleak!

  • @craftideas350
    @craftideas350 8 месяцев назад +2

    Your thoughts welcomed me once again
    Then I looked for you in all faces again
    Your presence lacks and my heart cracks
    But the love remains intact
    I never knew emotions were too fragile
    Until one day I saw a teary pile
    I climbed up the hill again just to see you in a chaotic maze
    I felt dizzy too as there was a haze
    But I am not complaining just observing my growth
    As invisioning a future without you is becoming a reality
    I know, I just know it hurts and the heart breaks
    But to heal this is what it takes

  • @tiax2211
    @tiax2211 4 года назад +23

    this is a really old video but i've been getting into writing poetry recently! i decided to follow his lil lesson hehe, and here's what i came up with:
    title: You Left Me in the Winter
    Picturing your face is becoming difficult,
    the memory of you is sun softened snow.
    -t.n

    • @cameliad368
      @cameliad368 3 года назад +1

      Beautifully done 👏❤👍

    • @tiax2211
      @tiax2211 3 года назад

      @@cameliad368 ah thank you!

    • @tobyhiscuttyear1022
      @tobyhiscuttyear1022 3 года назад +1

      i love that poem

    • @tiax2211
      @tiax2211 3 года назад

      @@tobyhiscuttyear1022 aw thank you ^^

    • @tobyhiscuttyear1022
      @tobyhiscuttyear1022 3 года назад

      @@tiax2211 that is okay also i have see your chanle i have sub

  • @drewjimenez1561
    @drewjimenez1561 6 лет назад +1

    His voice was deep like the ocean
    His touch was as soft and gentle as a mother’s touch

  • @ShellshockedDog
    @ShellshockedDog 2 года назад +3

    I have been feeling very low recently, your words and advice have saved me from the depths of despair. Thank you.

  • @Queenofheartz.x
    @Queenofheartz.x 2 года назад +1

    As soon as he mentioned his best friend died i'm feeling an immense sense of loss and pain and thinking about the people i lost

  • @TorieeThou
    @TorieeThou 3 года назад +3

    You used to play piano for me and I always said I will see you on billboard’s one day
    But to this day The stillness still gives me chills
    I remember our shadows dancing underneath the traffic lights
    Over the freeway overlooking the mountains
    You said you were gonna show me the 🌎
    now you haunt my sleep
    this world hasn’t deserved beautiful incredible you...

  • @laibaaaqil7678
    @laibaaaqil7678 Месяц назад +2

    " The crimson quanta emanating from my heart , was travelling to the magical puff of your being i found today ,when you shone through the veil engrossed in the frenzy of ideas in vintage Geneva"
    Memoona Aaqil

  • @ridhanridhu2812
    @ridhanridhu2812 6 лет назад +5

    The poetry is a great weapon .... Sir, You are really someone who helps the little poets living around world

  • @julian_frazer
    @julian_frazer 6 лет назад +2

    a splendid talk. as with literature, poetry suffers because of the air of superiority associated with it, the idea that only a handful of people (all dead, of course) can make good poems, the 'exclusivity' of it -- but all poems are made simply of letters, and of feelings, and of expression. a hat tip to Daniel for breaking down the oft-opaque walls of poetry

  • @shreyaverma7015
    @shreyaverma7015 5 лет назад +7

    No one thinks about me
    As I am alone
    No one trust me
    As I was not wrong
    No one thinks that
    I was not mistaken
    No one thinks that
    As what I have taken
    No one thinks that
    What type of problems I have face
    No one thinks that
    What I was felling during this case ...
    No one trust me
    When I screamed through my heart
    No one with me
    When I was crying through my heart
    As yesterday I was alone
    As today I am alone
    Seriously now I didn't want anyone ......
    I want be alone

  • @cartierdev1320
    @cartierdev1320 6 лет назад +2

    I remember the last day I saw you
    You were old and fragile
    You came to my game
    You were proud of me
    The next week you passed
    I was torn apart
    I did not cry
    It was a week later
    You passed my mind
    My eyes drenched like the ocean
    My mind only saw your face

  • @natcat4023
    @natcat4023 3 года назад +7

    Thank you for making this video!
    It has been a dream of mine to write a real poem.
    You helped me so!
    My condolences for your lost!

  • @kassst23
    @kassst23 Год назад +1

    I’m 14 and have always liked to write, and since ppl are putting poems they wrote I thought I’d drop this here :D
    I wish people could see me how I see me.
    Outside I’m loud, quiet sometimes, unremarkable.
    But I find, if pulled back,
    I am much greater than my persona.
    I am forced behind a great wall, hidden from view.
    Those who poke or prod climb it.
    Peel back the bricks of seeming content and coolness.
    And you’ll see the pain, my kingdom, my Atlantis of beauty.
    My tears carving ponds and oceans with each drop.
    My laughter causing flowers to fill meadows.
    A palace built by one’s concern and pure emotion, it shall never fall.
    For this place is raw, purposeful and sweet.
    Every color a brushstroke, every bud a new interest.
    Those outside don’t realize how much they mock.
    For this land is beautiful, ever changing and moving.
    Its impurities sculpted into statues molded gracefully.
    Pillars, an acropolis of thought.
    Simplicity cherished, love nourished.
    If people visited this home of mine, they’d see just how precious it is.
    Ever changing and moving.

  • @SasapessoS
    @SasapessoS 8 лет назад +161

    this video inspired me to write a poem on ISIS:
    when you are alone
    and silence is in the room
    from far into your heart
    terror whispers your doom

    • @yahiawaleed3428
      @yahiawaleed3428 8 лет назад

      +Sasapesso S thus, everybody can be ISIS for their obsession

    • @DanielScottTysdal
      @DanielScottTysdal 8 лет назад

      Great work, Sasapesso.

    • @havasa1517
      @havasa1517 7 лет назад +14

      Sasapesso S if you took away the part sayig its about ISIS thats actually p good tbh

    • @Moon-zv4sb
      @Moon-zv4sb 4 года назад +3

      Havasa yep lol 😂

  • @kbrightheart
    @kbrightheart 7 месяцев назад +2

    I love all the poetry in these comments and I wish these were on every comment section instead of all the bullying, trolling and fighting.

  • @najeebaqadir6534
    @najeebaqadir6534 8 лет назад +66

    im a beginner..i havnt written anything before so this is what i came up with....there is no specific topic for this but temme what you guys think...
    "Sacrifices she made
    Mistakes she forgave
    Your love was all she wanted
    But you were just too bonded
    She left her passions she left her dreams
    Just to see how your eyes gleam
    She stayed by your side, alone you never cried
    Her love was too much her love was too wide
    She was a fool, she trusted you
    A big mistake that was she never knew
    She bore the pain she took the blame
    But you were just never the same".

    • @DanielScottTysdal
      @DanielScottTysdal 8 лет назад +3

      Great start, Najeeba. Keep at it.

    • @poe3man394
      @poe3man394 8 лет назад +1

      Very good start!

    • @Thomas_Geist
      @Thomas_Geist 6 лет назад +6

      All first attempts are said to be autobiographical...and confessional. Of more importance than telling us is: have you told her?

    • @noopursinghabhi
      @noopursinghabhi 5 лет назад +1

      Keep goiy Najeeba

    • @annajonske6566
      @annajonske6566 2 года назад

      This is amazing! made me tear up, thank you so much for sharing

  • @liii3622
    @liii3622 3 года назад +1

    Your handwritten letter
    Is like the morning chirps of birds in spring.
    I recite every word
    and let them burn me purposely as a form of punishment.
    The pictures that covered every surface of your home
    help me recall that familiar warmth that used to hug me.
    Everything you were, now reduced to the size of something,
    I store away in boxes.

  • @anyssaperez9547
    @anyssaperez9547 6 лет назад +6

    It tears you apart from the inside out
    you feel it in your heart ripping

  • @Terradiva
    @Terradiva 5 лет назад

    Give this guy a public series to teach poetry & writing. Because writing, just like poetry, saves lives. Thank u for sharing.

  • @caterinaa954
    @caterinaa954 4 года назад +16

    To walk on water you may choose. Whether the currents carry its not up to you. But when you choose to walk on water, you either swim or drown when the currents pull you under

    • @cameliad368
      @cameliad368 3 года назад

      One of the most beautiful poems I have yet read

  • @khryllvrz
    @khryllvrz 5 лет назад +24

    Whenever I'm sad and all alone
    I've always come up with another poem
    Maybe it's just who I really am.
    A poetry.

  • @sibusisoshuze3903
    @sibusisoshuze3903 3 года назад +6

    My body injuries do I control anything
    My movement my breath my speech
    You took all my beliefs
    Walking through darkness lead by something
    I thought poetry was all about honesty
    What is this words singing?
    Higher power to mind words bringing
    Emasculating horribly moral lifechanging after all
    You just tore all my beliefs apart
    Samson after the fall
    She looked happier in her coffin
    I think I gave her
    The Covid that killed her...
    How do I live with myself, you still delight in me
    How can you do this?
    So much purity love such a horrid creature?

  • @wintermcqueen6933
    @wintermcqueen6933 7 лет назад +6

    Just a sad poem i wrote earlier:
    And I'll bet you've had bad dreams,
    Or maybe youve been fine.
    But while you sleep my heart and break has been working over-time.
    I just don't. Know. What. To. Do.
    I can only tell you- but what?
    When you're just so covered in this blanket of mistrust.
    I love you.
    I love you.
    And i hope I've not lost.

  • @chidtaputai1094
    @chidtaputai1094 9 лет назад +7

    I'm a begginer so anyways this is what I came up with...
    Your old age Priceless Smile, bright as a sun that'll always make my day bright, always giving me that warm season Feeling

    • @DanielScottTysdal
      @DanielScottTysdal 9 лет назад

      +Chid Taputai Thank you for sharing your words, Chid.

  • @modernist1727
    @modernist1727 4 года назад +2

    starts with I
    grows with Love
    ends with You

  • @seastilton7912
    @seastilton7912 6 лет назад +5

    Earlier, on the bus home from school, my sister showed me a poem she had to write for English about the First World War. It was called forever, and I took it and made a spin-off. This is what I can remember of it.
    Forever
    I am forever the soldier.
    I am forever the warrior.
    I am forever the remembered.
    I am forever the forgotten.
    I am forever in the hearts of the living.
    I am forever with the dead.
    I am forever drowned in mud.
    I am forever etched in stone.
    I am forever.

  • @TrampConnoisseur
    @TrampConnoisseur 3 года назад +24

    Not one second shall pass through the day
    According to the natural way,
    Tired and lonely an aged willow weeps
    Under the gray sky the soul is weak,
    Running from shadows the animal stumbles
    A soft hum of a creek so shallow,
    Loud with silence and rich with sorrow
    In the woods a sad wail of a sparrow
    Sharp the crimson colors of fall remain,
    May they ever see their struggle’s fade?
    This is my first poem I wrote for my creative writing class in high school... I don’t think I’m very good at it 😅

    • @cottoncandy._.5025
      @cottoncandy._.5025 2 года назад

      One of my favourites here :))) I hope you still write poetry!

    • @mohammad1906
      @mohammad1906 2 года назад

      Immaculate bro, I wish I could write like this!

  • @ethanthompson3198
    @ethanthompson3198 8 лет назад +524

    my attempt at a villanelle:
    my love is playing dead
    she thinks she's fooling me
    but I'll fool her instead
    she lays there still in bed
    she wants to have me scream
    my love is playing dead
    upon her lips no red
    I almost did believe
    but I'll fool her instead
    I kissed her on her head
    and tasted chilly dreams
    my love is playing dead
    some worry she had bred
    no smile I did see
    but I'll fool her instead
    she thinks she's fooling me
    she wants to have me scream
    she's only playing dead
    oh god please let that be

  • @annettvanessaa
    @annettvanessaa 7 лет назад +2

    Oh my God. Why. Am. I crying like this?. His words teared me up a bunch of times. Wow. Wow. I just wow.