1. creating a poem look around you. notice something you’ve never noticed before. how does noticing this thing make you feel? for instance, suppose you noticed the silver underside of the leaves blowing in the wind outside your window. perhaps the leaves inspire you with their beauty: they make you feel more aware of the joy of being alive. on the other hand, the leaves may depress you because you realize that the beauty is going to exist only briefly. the leaves will fall when the weather turns cold, and this makes you all the more aware of being mortal. write a few lines of poetry describing the thing you’ve noticed. make sure to use vivid nouns and verbs. try to make the reader see, hear, smell, taste, and touch what you experience. in this way, try to make the reader feel what you feel without explaining what you feel. for instance, if you use the leaf example, you may want to make the reader feel joy at being alive, without using those words.