The Purpose of Poetry

[Todd]

There are two separate purposes, one for the reader and one for the writer.

The purpose of reading poetry is to entertain, to enlighten, to expand the mind and gain perspective. Different people, different tastes, different poems will have different effects, therefore there are multiple purposes.

The sole purpose of writing poetry is to learn to do it well enough that you can have an entire conversation in sonnets about hairy armpits and bestiality.

I would hate to see a volta in that Sonnet. It would probably put me on an FBI watch list.