11-25-2012, 08:48 AM
What difference would it make if no one wrote poems?
To a great many people no difference at all. Hallmark would go bankrupt, or streamline their cards to simply say happy birthday! Or Congratulations!
It would matter to me. As a reader, I would lose a lot of enjoyment, and some of the connection I feel with my fellow human beings. As a writer, I would feel restless, and not know why. Life would be less fulfilling.
I would miss it.
To a great many people no difference at all. Hallmark would go bankrupt, or streamline their cards to simply say happy birthday! Or Congratulations!
It would matter to me. As a reader, I would lose a lot of enjoyment, and some of the connection I feel with my fellow human beings. As a writer, I would feel restless, and not know why. Life would be less fulfilling.
I would miss it.
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson