I’ve noticed when people express their non-interest in poetry, I become incredibly agitated in a way that I don’t in other circumstances. I’ve been thinking and thinking on it, and I might be getting close to figuring it out.
When people tell me they don’t “get poetry” or “don’t see the point of poetry” or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘metaphor’
“But I don’t get it . . .”
when people want to know why
because poems are the language of metaphor;
because metaphor explodes our thinking;
because divergent thinking allows us to look at old problems in new ways, and explore new problems in creative ways;
because creativity makes way for empathy;
because empathy reduces our fear and judgment of others;
because when freed from judgment, we can express ourselves more precisely;
because precision with [...]
