05-09-2015, 12:12 PM
the purpose of poetry is to be a leaf in a storm or a kiss on an apple, it's purpose is to be poetry, to make the reader say "that's a good piece of poetry" while the content may or may not be dark or bad or happy or funny in any and all combinations it needs to be good in order to have purpose. without a certain quality, poetry become text. the beauty of poetry is you can write as a killer, be an actual killer while writing something loving, you can even be a lump of wood. for me poetry is there to expand the imagination. to capture you and hold you so close you struggle to breathe. poetry creates or should create a virtual reality the reader can be part of; if only for a short while. those of us who read poetry will have a few special poems that do just that (grip us) not that i am by any means erudite in the study of poetry or poems. for me, some music has that same grip you feeling; desiderata, stoned love, pusherman, long after tonight is all over. just a few. the difference with poetry is that i actively search out new poems and poets to read. with music i casually wait till i hear something new. i used to actively search music out but now it's poetry. any kind as long as it's good,