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Cupcakes |
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They have different meanings. Some are for fun but most are dramatic.
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Bsmnsong |
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If you take a writing or poetry course, you will receive a rather stiff, clinical and confining definition of poetry. Thank God that I only took one, and quit that in mid-semester.
I have been writing since I was 12, though at that age I couldn't tell anyone since I was a boy, and boys of course were considered 'pansy' if they delved too much into the arts. Even though I played sports well, camped and had many adventures that even put my life at risk, I still didn't have the courage to tell even my closest friends.
Since I grew to be a man, it just didn't seem to matter anymore. I wrote poetry, prose, songs, essay and short stories when I was in the Air Force and had no problem showing anyone. Even though some snickered or snubbed their noses at it, I didn't and still do not concern myself with opinions, pro or con.
I am still the adventurous type, and some of my writing comes from that. And though I no longer challenge Mother Earth, I reflect back on those times when I did, and realize even more-so how close I came to losing my life just for a thrill. Some of my poetry goes back to those days, using current emotions, which are different.
Rarely have I taken a subject, then decided to write a poem about it. Most of my writing comes from inspiration... A flow of ideas and emotions.
A 'flow of ideas and emotions' is where I begin my definition of poetry. Adding: It is an outlet for many feelings that I had no way of dealing with, or was just too painful. It is a painting with words. It has even been rebuttle, praise, scorn, description of beauty, erotic, angry, opinion, desire.
It's a place I go to hide or withdraw from life's pressure. It's a world in itself. Sometimes it's my sustenance, to feed my heart. It's comic relief.
I guess, when I really think about it, poetry can be what I wish it to be, but only FOR me.
I'll stop there.
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Well said Bsmnsong, writing in any form is also my sustenance - I usually write prose, but now and again I find that I need rhyme, rythm, and short line structures to express how i'm thinking or feeling. I'm unsure of most of the technical jargon around poetry and tend to think its most useful for creating divisions between those who like to feel professional and those who 'Just do it'. Although I suppose there is always some overlap. Even I know what a sonnet is, but I recently had someone asked me about enjambment. Enjambment - whats that!!!!!! Maybe I should submit it as a question on here.
I sometimes like to take a place/object and let my brain play about making its connections. It amazes me how memories, news, tv, others experiences etc etc get threaded together in my mind and then produce ideas that dance about until my feelings and intentions come together on the page/pc. It is amazing how many traumatic moments of my life get processed in this way. Its very healing. Mostly I leave my work for a few days, then return for a critical look at it. Ive come to the conclusion that if I write something and call it a poem, then thats what it is.
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Ditto Keznoa,
I especially appreciated your statement "...ideas that dance about until my feelings and intentions come together..." Well put!
I agree that there are those divisions in the poetic society that seem to want to set themselves apart as the elite class of writers. Which is typical in any genre, I feel. Personally, I've never attempted, nor have I ever been published, or wanted to...until recently. Writing has always been self-satisfying for me; fulfilling within itself.
But I have seen what's 'out there' and, for the most part, feel that much of my 'stuff' is on the same level.
And since I've never sought approval from others, and that I am my worst critic, I've recently desired to
put it out there and see how it does. So I've taken an oath to follow through and try to get published.
I wonder why, at this time of my life, I wish this to be done? Why I wish to be judged, and what effect that will have on me, for good or ill?
I particularly Loved your ending..."if I write something and call it a poem, then that's what it is". Bravo!!!
That is the self assurance that a person needs, within a wholesome framework, to survive emotionally healthy.
I would be interested in reading some of your work.
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What Are Poems?
What Are Poems? 
