The Purpose of Poetry

[Todd]

I found an article (below) that asks the question "Should poems tell the truth". I found it interesting reading, so thought would share it. G.

http://poems.com/special_features/prose/..._truth.php

That was a good article. It reminded of a poem I wrote that had some pretty intense parts to it, but what surprised me was the part that people got most pissed off about (I'm not talking about any critique just reaction). Here are the lines that people couldn't get their head around.

I write lies that might be true, but

still lies. Memories that aren’t 
as clear as I remember 
but are somehow more true.


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Out of context, its so minor. A lot of people seem to have this idea that poets have to be truthful. They get angry when they're not.