We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
-John Keating, Dead Poets Society
Are You a Poet?
Yes, I’d be happy to say that I am. 😊
Dropping in for a quick sip of hot mochachino at Go Dog Go Café, D of Inside the Mind of Davy D, asks us this all-time high question.
I remember having this conversation before (right, D?) and my opinion remains unchanged. I still believe that the title “poet” can be claimed as much as it can be bestowed. Those great poets that we look up to started off as beginners, writing and re-writing their hearts out, until their words made its mark. They were romantics and they were mad before they were labeled poets. Same goes for most of us here. I think it all boils down to the heart of of the person who claims to be one. So long as poetry plays a big part in our lives, so long as it runs in our bloodlines— regardless if it’s an excellent piece or a work in progress (I refuse to call them bad poems), infamous or not, published or simply etched on a crumpled paper— then by all means let’s call ourselves poets.
And since this originally was a post for WQW, here’s a quote I found from the 1989 movie, Dead Poets Society, which pinpoints the core of a poet’s heart. Passion.
So long as there is passion, this world will never run out of poets. Would you agree?
Have a lovely day, everyone. 💕
July 27, 2017 at 10:24 pm
An excellent response Maria, and you are right I did pose this question some time ago. I am revisiting some of these questions as I think they are questions we should ask periodically on our journey as poets, and to gauge any new thoughts that may be floating out there. I love the Dead Poets Society quote it is something we could live by.
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July 27, 2017 at 11:24 pm
I absolutely agree! We can all ourselves advanced, can measure it through our gadgets and contraptions. The true mirror of humanity though is an artist. A poet as one such is the one to answer the intangibles – how far have we come and where are we headed.
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July 30, 2017 at 1:29 am
I’m a poet too..simply because I’m compelled to write (and read) poetry. It’s not just a pastime, like doing jigsaw puzzles–my head/heart fills up with passion and words which will spill out everywhere, if I don’t pour them properly 🙂
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July 31, 2017 at 11:25 am
Cheers! Keep writing your heart out, Jael. We love it when you pour the words out. 🙂
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July 31, 2017 at 12:20 pm
Aww, bless your dear sweet heart ❤ ❤ ❤
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July 30, 2017 at 6:21 pm
As i always say maria…so young yet you speak a mind of a matured/adult….ang galing…🙄🙄🙄
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July 31, 2017 at 11:28 am
Aww, I’ll take that compliment any day Mich. Thank you. ❤
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July 31, 2017 at 12:02 pm
Ad always my dear..
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August 1, 2017 at 4:05 am
I agree. We are poets that live for the sake of poetry. It’s everything poetry does for us and our hearts and for humanity. Love this so much. 🙂
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August 1, 2017 at 11:36 pm
Absolutely! Poets and Poetry isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. There were poets, there are poets, there will be poets
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August 2, 2017 at 7:49 pm
Hear, hear Ameena!! 😀
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August 13, 2017 at 12:19 am
Ahhh i cannot agree more. I wanna do this feature soon.
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