poetry are feelings written?

[ducks_rule]

my friend thinks she can write a poem without feeling it... i write what i feel as a poem.. what do you think?
thanks :]

 

[musicme8]

i can write a poem with out feeling it at all and it still have a lot of emotion to it

 

[Stephen R]

It's actually bad in my opinion to write what you feel. I write based on imagination. If I ever write a poem about feelings, I make sure to pretend I have those feelings. Otherwise, I won't write it. If I do write what I feel, it won't turn out any good.

 

[melikap1]

You can write a poem without feeling it, but, of course, that would make it sound more like an instruction manual than an actual poem.

So, sure. You can write a poem without feeling it, but why would you want to? It makes it less interesting for the writer--and the reader.