Maitland suggests an exercise in writing poetry which I think is probably a very good starting point if you are new to poetry writing. Try writing a Haiku, she says,
"Go for a walk(you can do this exercise without moving actually, just by looking around the room you are in, but it is more fun to get out.)
Look at one thing completely. In a sense the smaller the better, a leaf, a blade of grass, one square inch of pavement, the door handle of a car. Anything will do. But really look. When you get home, write down everything you can think of about the object. Write a Haiku about it. This will make your sense of language as concentrated as your experience of looking.
A Haiku is a classic Japanese poetry form. it has seventeen syllables, divided into three lines of five, seven and five syllables. It should describe an immediate and personal experience and it should contain at least "one season word", a word that reveals what time of year the poem is set in. (It does not have to be "spring" or "winter") it can be an indirect reference, a one word metaphor, (like snow or cherry blossom.)
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