For almost 20 years now I have been writing poetry. I started when I was 12 and haven't stopped since. A lot of people frown on poetry in today's age because we don't value the simple things anymore. Most people wont read poetry unless the author is old or dead and gone. I say this is because we have lost our compassion for expressing our souls! When we look back to authors of poetry from the past we see great emotions through their poetry! Its always intense!!! The are expressing how they feel about anything and everything through the words of their poems. That is gone from today's youth or younger generations.
Today's youth and young adult generations are so absorbed into the worlds media and technology culture that they never stop to smell the roses! They never stop and sit in a park under a tree and read a line from Maya Angelou, or Walter De la Mare. "Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon." (Silver, by Walter De La Mare)
See! Nobody writes like that anymore!! You cant feel the emotion he is expressing while gazing at the beauty of the moon! If single men were to study poetry and use it through dating they would have a lot more success! Same goes with women! People LOVE romance, it makes them Feel! The world today is so busy and consumed by the 'culture of technology' they don't even stop to Feel any more! I call it 'culture of technology' when really it should be called the 'Society of Technology'! You hardly see anyone without a cell phone anymore! Everyone is connected some way some how to this technology. If we as a society and people in the world step back for at least one day and turn off our phones, our computers, and TVs and open a book of poetry or take a walk in the park with some Shakespeare it would be amazing at how many people started to feel and express that! How many would be inspired to do more than just read! Feeling is what creates artist, musicians, and writers!
So instead of waking up tomorrow and checking your messages on the phone, call in sick, then turn it off, get up and smell the roses, so to speak! Read and book of poems! Walk in a garden or park! Bake a cake! Paint that picture you have always painted!! LIVE, LAUGH, & LOVE!!!
I have always had a talent for writing poetry since I was 12 years old. My English teacher introduced a whole new world to me then. I've been writing ever since. I owe a lot of my inspiration to God and the life I've lived. I have always tried to write poetry that inspires people. I'm a firm believer in spreading joy from all the beautiful things God has created like nature and human beings. The gift of love is another thing I enjoy writing about. For Love is truly the universal language.
