POETRY

Any poets or wordologists out there? Poetry reading is big now plus there are so many venues all over the country. It is a genre that I have been reading more of in the past year or so. Like all writing, poetry is very personal to the author, only more so. There have been many times that I have had the heart pulse of the author. It cuts through the chase and gets to the point. When I read the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, I felt the pall being pulled over his life. I felt like I was right there with him. Poetry is a departure from the lengthiness of other forms of writing, but it is good to be exposed to it. A wide range of emotions are expressed in just a few stanzas of poetry. I am reading a number of different poets, trying to get a handle on their feelings. Some time in future blogs, I will recommend some poets that are worth reading.