Hello Wri,
What an interesting question. There is no answer, except as in all things >> apply elbow grease. Take a pencil, write down thoughts, revise, revise, and then revise.
I've been at this for about a decade, and longer if you count the infrequent ventures over time. I find that doing rhymed verse is easier than free verse since you have a set of parameters to follow and adhere to. Example, a sonnet has 14 lines and 5 da-DUMS per line (iambic pentameter, if you remember school lessons). Ballad meter is easier, doing 4 + 3 beats per line, rhyming the even lines.
You gotta choose what suits ya best, and start at number one. The rest will settle into place, but keep the process fun.
Certain things don't really pass nowadays >> don't capitalize the beginning of each line. That was once a typesetter clue of where to start lines. We mostly find reading easier if non-capped. Don't use archaic diction of thee and thou nowadays, unless you are a Quaker. That worked back in Shakespeare's time but this is now. Speak naturally. Choose things to write about that are not Haifa-looten, like love is a rose. That's been done. Don't rhyme trees with breeze - Al Pope already complained about that 500 years ago.
Happy to have you aboard - have fun. BTW, critique at MM is relatively gentle. Many good suggestions given will show you where you can improve. It will be to your credit if you can accept critique.
Merlin
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