Have you ever written a heartbroken poem after going through a depressing breakup or separation?  Maybe you wrote one after suffering the loss of a pet or family member, or after experiencing the sadness of moving away from friends and/or loved ones.  It does appear that there is no greater muse for a heartbroken poem as the sadness from loss of love.

Reflection through poetry is an excellent way to express yourself.  There are no hard, fast and set rules for writing unless you’re trying to get your poems published.  Just let your mind and words flow in whatever style you please.  It doesn’t have to be perfect.  There is no need to worry with the “techno babble” of rhyme, meter or even free verse.  You don’t even need to know how a good poem should look or sound.  Who cares how good or bad it is?  Most likely another soul will never even see it.

You can be eloquent or write in slang, but don’t force yourself to try to use the old romantic language of centuries past.  Just be yourself and write the poem in your own style, even throwing breaks in all willy-nilly if you please.  Heck, you don’t even have to put in any line breaks; just make it one long paragraph if that’s what pleases you.  Just get all your feelings and whatever else you want to express out on paper.

Your heartbroken poem is for your benefit alone.  Writing poetry is a wonderful way to deal with the emotional turmoil you feel after suffering the loss of love.  It helps you get out and sort your feelings through a positive channel so that you can be set on the path to healing.  Just write down what you feel, whether it be good, bad, ugly, right, or wrong.  It doesn’t matter.  You are doing this to help you.

After the first one is complete, you might feel inspired to write more heartbroken poems about all the different aspects of the pain you’re in.  If so, that’s great.  The more feelings you get out, the more you can analyze them and place them in the proper context and concept; another important step in the healing process.

The time you spend writing your heartbroken poetry will probably be very emotional.  Don’t try to force the emotions to stop, just let them flow, whether they be feelings of anger or hurt, let them out so you can move past it.

At a later time, if you are just super impressed with your work and would like to show your friends and family the poetry, feel free to do so.  Some people want to share their poetry, but not with anyone they know, and if you fall into this category you can just throw it up online somewhere under a pen name.  There are many websites with this type of purpose; a quick search should bring up plenty.  Some sites will even allow you to receive critiques of your work if that is what you would like.  However, it is not necessary.  You can simply thrive on the fact that you were able to share your experience and heartbroken poem with others who may be going through a similar experience.