Hi Terry, Nice to see you back on Medium. some people use a specific structure to write poetry like a Haiku or write a poem where each sentence begins with a same letter. there are proses any many different options to create a verse. I mostly write free form where there are no rules, I get inspiration and write what comes to me. Poetry can be as simple as one sentence. Recently Jo An gave an example of that in teh publication. It can be whatever you wanted it to be. It is fun if you find rhymes, words that sound good together. Explore and have fun.