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Quote by AvrgBlkGrl
The ironic thing is, if you read the personal writings of many great poets, you will find that for them the most important thing was that they write. They had to. They would have been doing it without the recognition anyway.
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I'm curious, you speak as if the fact that your poetry may or may not make a point doesn't matter. Then why does what we think matter? We ain't (yeah I said ain't) nobody.
Concentrate on the art of it.
I would like to begin my answer with this first part: ABG says here "the most important thing is that they write. They had to."
Note that poetry is done out of some necessity.
I believe that is true in two ways: firstly, if I am just needing to write something down for myself, then fine, I do it and no one else ever sees it. It is private.
But when you write something so that others may see it, [for whatever reason], then you believe it has some kind of necessity that could go beyond just writing it for others.
The necessity could be one that would affect others in what you sense is an important way, i. e., a way that could affect their existence so you MUST show it. It has a purpose. Such as in epic poetry which makes manifest the nature of and roots of the culture of the people who speak a certain language. To the Greeks of Plato's time for instance, Homer's works were something like their "Bible."
Then there are other forms of poetry that allow one to sing about things that are just beautiful, or things that there is no reason to sing about other than the fact that they become something one can undergo just for the joy of it. If, for example, I am driving through Vermont during the Fall season, it is well known for its beauty. The leaves of the deciduous trees change in all their variety creating a landscape of glorious colors. We just "have" to share it for those who may not have seen it before.
I can discuss the origins of poetry if what I have said here has had any value to any of you.
