If You're Going to Write a Poem

I love the sentiment of this. I always say,that you get from art what you bring to it. Part of that is understanding that different people bring different things to your poems. They bring their experience, their joy, their memories, their sadness, their lives, and the interpretations which they come up with are a unique manifestation of a bond between them and the author. Thanks for sharing. You've so much with so little.

"We do it for ourselves" - one of the greatest lies ever told to writers....

I wish I could upvote this a million times.

Beautiful and true. The life of poetry, properly understood, is one of service.

This is magical, I am reminded of the saying ´Once you put words down on paper you lose the right to own them´ how I wish we poets could learn the utmost importance of our audience... #much love for the touching words:)

Was about to say you stole it, but you're actually Matt Voscinar haha. So much stolen stuff in the poetry part of this site :(

Anyways, I believe you're right, even though it can be very hard to share your innermost thoughts for the entire world to tear apart. I always try to think about people that might be struggling and might feel alike, might help them feel not as lonely, if even for a short while.

A good one, love when stuff makes me think, thank you. :)

Some people have a way with words, and other people ..oh ,uh, not have way.

Oh, man. That would’ve been an interesting back and forth 😂