This posting contains a poem first written in 2009 and has appeared other times in this blog. I’ve made a few changes to the verse in this posting. — kenne
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Decoding Poetry
Poetry, what is it?
Is it not all things —
Feeling?
Thoughts?
Ideas?
Wisdom?
Beauty?
Music?
Art?
In human existence?
Is it not all things —
Love?
Hate?
Despair?
Fear?
Greed?
Charity?
Of human experience?
Yet, some claim
the words of poetry,
as if anointed
announcing to the world,
“I know the code!”
Poetry is not code,
allowing entrance
only to a few
fettered and packaged
for the scholarly.
In the end,
there is no right
or wrong answer —
poetry is like dancing,
if it feels good,
do it!
— kenne
I wrote this poem, March 2009. Having been part of a literary group that took pride in being a part of the
academic establishment. I love poetry. I write poetry. But I take pride in not being a part of the traditional literary establishment, having never taken formal writing classes, preferring…
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Becoming is Superior to Being 
You can say that again…
…and you just did. Good!
Poetry is poetries. It might be fine for a particular poet to concentrate on a particular form of expression, but when folks get into the “poetry **must** work like this” theories, they cut too much off possibility.
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Poetry: “It is what it is.”
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