Years ago when I first started taking poetry seriously in my writing, I decided I wanted to make my living as a poet. I don’t think I ever met a person that said, “hell yeah, go for it.” The usual response was, “that’s nice, but you know you can’t make a living as a poet.” For some strange reason, I believed it. After all, in a country that has gone such a great distance beyond reading and romance that isn’t technologically driven, how on earth could poetry stand a chance. And that, my friends, is where the problem lies. A large percentage of the population in America has no real clue how far poetry has come and what changes it has created in the world. Poetry is not just an emotion driven outlet of wrist-cutting, desperate women, or gay men that have to hide under the societal rules of manhood, it’s a medium that creates change on so very many levels. Poetry is a revolutionary voice that will, has, and will continue to make changes across the globe.
Poetry can define every human emotion, trials and tribulations, fallen heroes, rising stars, injustice to humanity, and the list goes on and on. There is no other writing medium that can span the scope of the human condition quite like the poetic words of a feeler spread across a blank page waiting for that revolution to begin, flourish, and come to an end. Poetry is a journey of the mind, heart, soul, and body. It fits neatly into a four letter word – LOVE. Poetry is the blood that pumps through the veins of the creative body. It feeds all other mediums and that is what must be brought to light in the literary world.
To my fellow poets…continue to share your gift with the world, create positive change, and educate the masses on the fine art and powerful gift of humanity…
Stay tuned…
