Category: Poetry Publisher: Past Life Press
ISBN-10: 0782601642
Pages: 90
Copyright: July 1, 2004
ISBN-13: 9780782601640
Collection of poetic works on the travels of American thought from Washington D.C. to Alaska.
When people ask me 'what good is poetry?' I often smile, put my hands in pockets and relax when answering the question, because it is an important one that shouldn't be rushed.
Poetry is not like instant gratification or a meal you needed to eat when you were hungry, in fact Poetry isn't for today. I believe that we now live in a world where in the minds of most, poetry doesn't exist. If it does, it was probably something talked about on a TV show or a movie and seemed cool at the time but quickly lost luster. Most individuals in America today are happy to drift quietly into the status-quo and hope to make a living.
Poetry is for tomorrow, poetry is for a moment in time when people start to wake up from the over-regulated capitalistic nightmare that has them currently consumed. Poetry is for people realize the need for reality or the need for something greater than a product or a corporation. Poetry is not for today, and it may not be for you, but it will be for tomorrow and it will be for them.
Engaging lines you use to tempt us to read your words. Poetry is not for everybody, but thank God for those who write it--there are readers out there, like me, who would like to see what you have to say. :)
~Karla.
Alaska, eh? Have always wanted to visit ... hear it's beautiful.
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