What poetry means to me
doria d.
Poetry is like the
gentle pounding of rain, a tribal music of sacred drums slowly beating into a
wondrous melody, that lulls you into the darkness of sleep, the tranquility of
silence, chasing away the spirits.
It is my solitude in the happiest moments and in the saddest times. Poetry is living in a world without
rules or boundaries, yet somehow not living in chaos. It describes the most profound love and defines the most
intense hatred. It is the unspoken
language of man. It is the most
private and most public outcry of the pains, anguishes and loves of
mankind. It is where we begin and
where we end. Poetry is the life
we live and the dreams that we wish we had lived.
Poetry means
everything and nothing depending on whom you ask. People fear it, love it and don't understand it, but
everyone needs it. It is the drug
of literature, and it never dies.
Poetry represents the best and the worst of humanity, as seen through
the eyes of man. The life of a
poet is every life, because to pass judgment on mankind is to step into the
shoes of every man. It is to see
beyond yourself and to live in the hearts and minds of others. It is to live a thousand different
lives, and feel a thousand different hearts. The beauty of poetry is its simplicity, the ability to give
such extraordinary meaning to such common, ordinary words.
Poetry is the written
expression of knowledge; it is what we have learned and more importantly what
we have deep within to teach. My
poetry is an expression of everything I have seen, everything that I've known,
thought, lived and dreamed. I see my words on the faces of those whose lives
touched mine. I feel what I see
and I see what I feel. I see with
my eyes, my heart and my mind.
Poetry is my great escape from the world around me. It is jumping into the wind and sailing
out into the open sea, beyond rules and boundaries. It is forgiving, forgetting and moving on, it is healing,
understanding and accepting.
I don't write to
please anyone, I write very simply to make sense of my own dark clouds and
sunny days. I hope that somewhere
in the jumble of my words that someone finds a word that fits their fancy. A phrase that gives them hope or a poem
that represents what I have felt. I hope that you are reminded of something,
good or bad, and that these words that I've put together somehow have meaning
for someone other than myself. I
hope that whoever reads these words will find their own voice within mine. That they will feel. That some buried memory will slip back
into reality for a moment, and that in that joy, or anger or sadness they find
a release, an understanding, a door that opens and lets them believe again,
move forward, and get on with life.
Poetry should amaze, excite, and empower. It should throw your senses into a fury. It should make you cry. It should make you laugh. It should inspire you to think. It is the relentless pursuit of saying
so much in so few words. It is to
play music without an instrument.
It is pure raw emotion.
My life has been a journey. Everyday I look in the mirror and I know I am the most beautiful girl in the world. I know in that moment, in my time in my space I am, and that is mine to keep. I have climbed mountains and I have fallen into the darkest of nights, and yet I have never been alone. Our history and its consequences are not only what we lived but also what we remember. When you look back, do so and smile, for every moment has a light in the darkness. I do not go back and revisit what was, because that little girl came on the journey with me. I didn't leave her behind in some moment in time, I found her, she found me and we have become One. I am because we are. We have laughed, we have cried and we have grown, together.
