What should I write a poem about?

i've been told that it's music, newspapers, and many other stuff regarding that, but there are many other meanings. well, you see, in school our English teacher divided us into groups and gave us each a topic to write about. the writing techniques were...

For English i have to write an essay on a Poem. I have to interperet the poem, and the poem should be fairly long so i have things to write about. Can you guys help suggest some Poems?

I need t write a poem about my italia heritage what should i write about?

I want to write a good Christian poem, but I am stricken with writer's block. Could you give me an idea of a good way to start a Christian themed poem, maybe even give me a one line starter? Help me break this writer's block.

This is bothering me to no end so please help me; I do not understand what seperates a poem from a story. Yes, I understand the way of expressing an idea through experimental grammar, punctuation, and word usage. Why, though? What makes a poem so damn...

we need to write poems for a poem book in a writing class.....BUT i dont know what to write about!!!!!! i am good at setting everything up and using poetry tools but what should i write about?

I'm not much of a poet, but for French class we've been assigned to write a poem about anything. But I can't figure out what to write one about. I don't mean give me the whole poem, but at least help me get on some sort of track toward the city of poetry...

I have to write a twelve line poem for my Pre-AP English Class (I'm in 9th grade). But I have no idea what to write about. It is supposed to be a simile poem. Here's an example: As colorful as a rainbow, As beautiful as a red rose, As bright as fireworks...