Meter

[cidermaid]

I always struggle with meter. I find it easy enough to hear and whenever i go to any practice pages and it is highlighted, it is obvious. But then when I start to write, the other considerations (word choice and subject flow) fill my mind and I find it very hard to hold the meter. I end up with a crayon and a bit of paper by my computor to make a phisical representation of the meter (those pesky stresses... and syllables if i'm in formal mode)...so that all in all it becomes a bit laborious and then my poem lacks spontineity and vigiour. (Which I guess is sort of an echo of what I asked in the passion or guts thread).
I guess that's why I need to be on a poetry forum and keep practicing.!