Post #4

To me poetry is a combination of words that can be expressed with some kind of meaning. Behind those selectively chosen words are much more than anyone can explain except the author themselves. Poetry for the most part has some kind of emotion played into it. Whether it's about a lost love or about a war. A poem always has an inter connection with the poet. Poems usually are put together so intricately to where it leaves the reader guessing. These words tend to be very descriptive and have very good imagery. A good example would be from Shakespeare's love sonnets stanza 130. "My mistress' eye are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hair be wires, black wires grow on her head." You can easily picture this women with how descriptive his words are and his visual language.
Poetry is a very special process that such writers undergo to let out much of their innerness out. What is deep inside of them that they can only explain with such words. I've learned that poetry is a fun process to take. I really enjoy writing down creative words with symbolism that flow together. It does take practice to improve like most things in this world. Poetry means much more than people take it for.