Cliches

[busker]

I entirely agree that there is a place for cliché. It shouldn't be dismissed simply for being cliché. But, conceptually, the "something new" you have "found" is also a cliché.

"We were born to die" Lana Del Rey 2012.

"life is a mystery" Madonna 1989.

"all you need is love" John Lennon 1967.

You really have to dig in deep to turn the cliché on it's head. Not just reiterate it using more cliches.

I think it’s somewhat startling that there are examples of where people have said the same thing over the years. Taken to its logical conclusion, the only real poetry would have to be written in an entirely new language each time, much the same way that Capablanca had suggested adding pieces to the chessboard decades before there was a Deep Blue.