What inspires you?

I don't get inspired much lately, but when I did write a lot pretty much anything would inspire me. Anything from a bird flying in the sky to an event that shocked me. It didn't take much most of the time.... I have a very wild imagination :P loll

How about you?

the dictionary

it comes from the heart xxx

I get inspired by everyday life and pain.

Everything

A lot of my poetry is based on society's shortcomings, and living in England there's always a fresh supply of politcally-correct injustice.

Also, the driving force to write poetry that is away from the mainstream is a good inspiration for me. I've written poetry for fantasy battles, vampires, and a song (I disdn't think it counted as poetry so I haven't posted it) called Frankenstein, which loosely ties in with society but is mainly about the virtuous being created by those who spurn us.

Still it's really everyone to their own, so I am probably in vain when I hope that this will be tried and succeed by anyone who reads this.

My expirences with people, depression periods, confusion, frustration, anything that has a different emotion. Reading other poems give me ispiration. Anything random, anythign funny, sweet, free. Doesnt matter what it is just most things that seem great.

Life. That's simple enough.

Greetings,
Not sure if this will help (there are so many topics on individual topics posted elsewhere, but I believe this is the most broad and inclusive) it's quite lengthy but it covers a variety of topics and has input from many P&Q members. It is not meant to tell you how to write, but to be a place of reference/help/advice to others-a place where many of the questions put forth repeatedly in these forumns is addressed, mainly to offer suggestions on writer's block (tips/exercises to break it. Inspiration, ideas, etc.), exercises to spur creativity (whether form, style, type of poem, content, etc.-just some stuff to try when blocked or to try something different), various poetic terms/definitions, a variety of basic stuff and technical stuff, submissions and poetry markets (where/how to submit your work). So hopefully there is something here for everyone. Worth sifting through(I hope). I would also appreciate any comments-whether opinions or advice (personal or technical), your own personal writing habits, etc.

NOTES ON WRITING POETRY
http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/discussion/topic.html?topic_id=56674

Peace, Poetry, & Power,

Gary Jurechka

life events that happen to me inspire me the most but i get insperation from the flow of the words most of my poems i dont plan ill just get this great starting line and id just go from there so what inspires me is my soul nd also others emotions not just my own my poems are usually a voice of other peoples feelings :)

life around me and what I see