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"Writing a poem is like making an
artifact. It is making something physical out of words.
-Galway Kinnell
Each of us sees the same things through vastly different filters. My filters will see,
hear, smell, touch, taste and experience the same events that you do, in a very different way. You must own your experience
if you want to write well about it. And, you must share that experience through your own filters if you want to experience
the release that you are hoping to achieve - and isn't that why you're writing in the first place?
Treat words as if they were paint, clay or wood; allow words to a physical material to shape,
mold, chisel and blend. Liberate simple, seemingly ordinary words from the prison of habit (for instance, how they are used
--they are used, or misused to make us consumers!) and free those words to breathe fresh air together.
There's an understood and comforting unspoken contract between writer and reader that the truth
is going to be shared. Your truth is whatever you feel or learn. Your point is generally the insight you've found
through the experience. But how can we, as readers of your work, ever know what you've found unless you share it.
The Poetry Forum gives you that opportunity.
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"You must give birth to your
images, they are
the future waiting to be born."
-Rainer Maria Rilke
"Listen to the presences inside
poems
Let them take you where they
will.
Follow those private hints,
And never leave the premises"
-Rumi
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John F. Kennedy, speaking at the dedication of a library for Robert Frost, less than a month
before he was murdered:
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When
power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power
corrupts, poetry cleanses, for art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment.
--John Fitzgerald Kennedy October
26, 1963, Amherst College
Poems stir us, encourage us to wake, breathe
deeply, and experience life. Poems are alive! They hold energy! Post your poems here, then ready
yourself for the loads of flowing comments of kindly
critique and appreciative praise! We are here for each other's support
and enjoyment. Check back frequently, as we have members from across the world on different time zones!
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