Why write poetry
53.45%
31 votes
All of the above
18.97%
11 votes
Some other reason
13.79%
8 votes
Put emotions into motion
12.07%
7 votes
Sooth the tormented soul
1.72%
1 vote
Explain the world
0%
0 votes
Make sense of random events
Why write poetry
edead
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Why paint a picture? Why sing a song or hum a melody? Why dance or make music? I don't know why we need to do these things but we humans have been doing them for a long time. Self expression? To pretend, or fool, ourselves into thinking that we are different than the other billions of people crawling on the globe?
lightbaron
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Language has become so diluted that it takes a certain level of poetry to have a decent conversation
Nattyroots97
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To create meaningful substance that benefits humanity
LizB
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To keep the insane sane
BoFantastic
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Good question. Poets don't get paid like authors, novelists, journalists, song writers, screen writers, rappers, or speech writers. Poets don't get paid. So we don't write for the money. Come to think of it, I never did anything I loved for money. I mean it wasn't motivated by money. It was inspired by grace.
I write because of inspiration. And when I read other people's stuff, I am inspired by their writing too. When I read your guys' stuff, I get inspired, and humbled.
I write because of inspiration. And when I read other people's stuff, I am inspired by their writing too. When I read your guys' stuff, I get inspired, and humbled.
Necromancer311
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There are things in life we could not possibly hope to understand or comprehend and poetry makes it easier for us to understand what we could not not possible hope to know
jvp
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Chels
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Chels
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To connect and disconnect, to pour out what my mouth refuses to voice, to live and die....
to feel....
to feel....
dartford
Paul S...
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an ex partner once asked me the same
question. I said, can you think of anything
better to do, and apparently she could...
question. I said, can you think of anything
better to do, and apparently she could...
praveengola
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Poetry writing is a plate ,
where one garnishes His fate ,
as it was dismantled by some thought ,
that made Him to fought ,
with His inner zeal ,
when his lips were tightly sealed.
where one garnishes His fate ,
as it was dismantled by some thought ,
that made Him to fought ,
with His inner zeal ,
when his lips were tightly sealed.
ShadowsandWind
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ifs all about the transmutation , baby
Micheal
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Poetry, for me, is a form of release. The release of emotions and thoughts that are stored within - anxiously awaiting to be expressed. The release can be positive, or negative. But regardless of what end of the spectrum emotions and thoughts come from - release is healthy for us all. I also write to inspire others. Words are powerful and can be used to turn this world around. There is no poem that I write (or perform) that is not meant to inspire an individual or an audience.
ASK
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Poetry helps me keep my head above the water
Blood_Merchant93
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Poetry helps my tormented mind feel just a little less insane.