Superman has the power to fly. Spiderman has the power to climb walls. But poetry has the power to take over someone's emotions. One reason poetry can be a vital part of one's life is because it allows you to express your emotions and feelings without being ridiculed and mocked by your peers. Poetry can be about anything. It can be about love, freedom, independence, depression, and much more. It can be expressed through a whimsical, rhyming poem or a deep, spine poem that pulls at your heart strings. Poetry has also played into my life. I has allowed me to share deep, contained secrets about me without being an object of scorn or mockery. It has allowed me to let my true self be displayed in a way that make others second guess their assumptions and misconceptions about me. It has allowed me to be myself.
If a poet has experienced real life events that have made a major impact on their life, I believe that it does affect their writing and creativity. The reason I believe this is because of the millions upon billions of different topics addressed in poetry. A lot of poets right about different things with different tones. For example, you see one poem about the poet's unrequited love. This story is most likely very sad. The poem right next to it is about the poem's experience with meeting the love of their life. This story is most likely very cheerful. So, if personal experiences have absolutely no impact on one's writing, then how come a poet's tone depend on the experience.
Above, there are two poems. The first is about being hurt by others. The mood is obviously sad and negative. The poem to the right is a nonsense poem. The mood is obviously comedic and positive. But how come we know which poems mood and intentions are right after reading the first sentence? Well, it is both the format and the poem's content that set it's mood. For the poem on the left, a color that is very present is black. This color is normally associated with depression and loneliness. Another indicator that the poem is intended to sadden are the buzzwords used in the poem. These include pain, push, shield, etc. These words can make people feel negative emotions. For the poem on the left, a color that is present is bright green. A color that can be associated with natural positivity. The buzzwords in this poem also can be associated with comedy as well. These words are nonsense and whimsical.
Poems written by me:
Nonfiction Poem
Bio Poem
Where I'm From Poem
Spine Poem
Found Poem
Nonsense Poem
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