Favorite words to use in your poems?

Hello poets and friends!

Question for all of you: Do you have certain words that you LOVE to use in your poetry? Perhaps words that sound beautiful to you or help you write better poems. What are they and why do you like them so much?

Or perhaps, are there words that you detest in poetry? Either in your work or seeing it in others writing too.

I am excited to hear all of your favourite words!

Here are my favorite words I often use in my poems:
Raina - Night

Yayarar - Wonderer

Jhankar - Chime

Saanjh - Evening

Jijivisha - Desire To Continue Living

RihmJihm - Pitter-Patter Of A Light Drizzle

Moksha - Emancipation/Liberation/Release

Matargashti - Wastage Of Time

Prerna - Inspiration

Parakram - Power

Sawariya - Beloved

Resham - Silk

Laalsa - Strong Desire

Qainaat - Universe

Muntazir - Awaiting

Arsh - Sky

Zehnaseeb - Someone Who Is Blessed

Raabta - Connection (My Fav.)

Thanks.

Feel the words:)))

favorite words for poetry ...

and
but
tending
only
roots
feathered
river
reaching
inheritance
ghosts
ash
flight
prayer
song
remember
map
etched
locusts
birds
folded
dark cyan
stars

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all my poems in a nut-shell

I write a lot of religious poetry, so of course, I use a lot of religious imagery --> floods, the wilderness, mothers and femininity. I frequently humanize divine figures and reflect on growth through suffering, as well. That comes in through anatomical imagery (hands, especially bloody ones / surgery / ribs / sacrifice). I write a lot about cleanliness too, so sometimes I just add "clean" in front of something bodily.

Outside of that, I mean, who doesn't write about love? Remembering your past? I write a lot about nostalgia and missing people / places --> coming home, migrating, getting lost. I think the idea of "home" is a great vessel for memories, and it's very ouroboric, where the cycle never truly ends. That's fun to explore when I'm inspired!!

For me I think it's a lot of words to do with light or the absence of: beams, backlight, rays, shards (metaphorically), glowing, illuminating, fireflies, shining, silhouette. I tend to use colour words, especially the simpler monosyllabic ones like red or grey. I like how you can set the mood of a piece by talking about lighting or colours - it's a great shorthand for emotion (though I also wish I could expand into other non-visual senses sometimes).

Perhaps, yet, but, I know, layers, buried, landscape, background, hoped, fragments, regret, we, filled, grasped. Basically words that sound fancy to me but aren't really, but I guess kinda. A lot of my poems dive very very very deep, maybe a little too deep, into metaphors, which is probably why I use these kinds of words.

I use some words that I find pretty, mainly. Some include reminiscent, light, shine, many different colors, etc. I tend to focus on specific terms/words/feelings based on what I'm trying to write about, but that can vary greatly.

I'll probably edit this later with more words I remember, haha.

My most favorite words are color describers (vermillion, crimson, canary, burgundy, cerulean, lush, etc.) However, i tend to write alot about sunsets for some reason and so I use words like iridescent alot haha (it’s such an ethereal word tho)

Some words I repeat a lot in my poems are:
stuck
now
sometimes
someone
alone
like
& so
left
feel/feeling(s)
other(s)
I
self
only
everything
nothing
outside
still
...and many more I can't think of at the moment