8. And finally, the general advice is to bring all these three memories together with a metaphor. Remember them? When you use as… like. It's a comparison. Again Google comes up with a good explanation. This page also has come good poetry metaphors to get your started.

9. The last stage is to re-read your prose – either out loud, or in your head, making note of all those conscious thoughts you have about it. You can make notes on the paper at this stage or just ‘feel' what it says to you. This process breaks up the prose into poetry.

10. Do you want to give your poem a title. You can either pick something from what you've written or write something general such as ‘What you mean to me'.

11. When that's done decide if you want to hand write your poem on a blank card or whether you'd prefer to type it on the computer, and print it. With a bit of placement planning, you can fold and insert your print-off into your card).

Remember that it's love poem. The person you've written it for will be more touched by the effort you've gone to than any worries you might have over your 'English'. For more inspiration take a look at some of the classic love poems out there.

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