This is specifically towards poetry.
After taking a look at my poetry over the years,I realize within last 7 years,I did reinvent myself.First three years was poetry about high school experiences.Last 5 years,been mainly self help,although both felt either depressing or inspiring.The reinvention happen when I started to do spoken word,granted,not many,but I still kept performing.
I notice recently,I grown tired of self help and while I do prefer to pivot my poetry,I just don't have enough experiences to do so,which can be frustrating.I find that reinvention should be more of a flow into,rather force out.
This thought came up because I was actually writing a new poem,however,still feels the same.I wonder how do you all reinvent your poetry?
@Bendy Nguyen I recommend reading all of them at some point since Shakespeare's work is so influential to this day (and there's a lot of great content to analyze and learn from), but a good starting point would be the more popular ones like Sonnet 18, Sonnet 116, and Sonnet 130.
These are what first come to mind for me when I think about a classic sonnet (even if Sonnet 130 is more of a commentary than your typical love poem). If you have already read them since they are so popular then I recommend my current favorites which are 119, 90, and 28 since they are very enjoyable to read (in my experience).
@Adam Gary My personal favorites at the moment are Sonnet 119, Sonnet 90, and Sonnet 28. 119 has some of my favorite imagery in there, 90 just has so much emotion that I keep coming back to it, and 28 is something I like to read when I'm either too tired/can't fall asleep since I find it fitting.