A bit of a conversation with myself

[Quixilated]

Yes, after the thing is written, if you look at it and think it is actually something decent, it is nice to have others acknowledge it, and maybe help tweak it to make it palatable to others besides yourself.  But, the germ of the idea, the seed ... that should be pure passion for the game don't you think?   I mean, it's one thing if you sit down to write a text book or research paper.  No one expects passion there, and it has a completely different function.  But there is little to no money or glory in poetry, and when people read poetry they read it to breathe in someone else's exhilaration, to feel a momentary burst of someone else's pain or pleasure or fascination with something.  They can't read that feeling if you don't write the feeling into it.  The only reason I can see to write poetry it is for the love of it.