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What is Poetry?
Poetry should be--
like breathing, simple and easy.
Poetry should be--
like dreaming, calmly and at peace.
Poetry should be--
emotions escaped on a page.
Poetry should be--
a heart opened for the world to read.
Poetry should be--
tasting the forbidden fruit that (I’ve heard) tastes (oh-so) sweet.
From the tree of Knowledge, if it so pleases.
But poetry is not always sweetness and sugar.
There are sour and bitter parts, words, and speech.
That slip inside of the sweet concoction--
Of smiles, whispers, tears and words unspoken.
Poetry is magic, believed in to be seen.
Poetry is wondering--
Of the good and bad in the world, that you can and cannot see.
Believe in poetry--
Believe in yourself.
And most importantly--
Believe what should and shouldn’t be.
Believe in what you want to see.
When you compose, contrive and of course,
when you write--
Poetry.
like breathing, simple and easy.
Poetry should be--
like dreaming, calmly and at peace.
Poetry should be--
emotions escaped on a page.
Poetry should be--
a heart opened for the world to read.
Poetry should be--
tasting the forbidden fruit that (I’ve heard) tastes (oh-so) sweet.
From the tree of Knowledge, if it so pleases.
But poetry is not always sweetness and sugar.
There are sour and bitter parts, words, and speech.
That slip inside of the sweet concoction--
Of smiles, whispers, tears and words unspoken.
Poetry is magic, believed in to be seen.
Poetry is wondering--
Of the good and bad in the world, that you can and cannot see.
Believe in poetry--
Believe in yourself.
And most importantly--
Believe what should and shouldn’t be.
Believe in what you want to see.
When you compose, contrive and of course,
when you write--
Poetry.
Published 3rd Feb 2014
| Edited 14th Sep 2017
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