On Being Poetic (ripped from Adih’s Blog; “Byte Me”)
Let me tell you a secret. We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are a member of the human race. And the human reace, is filled with passion. Laws, medicine, (etc)…. these are noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love…. these are what we stay alive for.
(said John Keating in Dead Poets Society - screenplay by Tom Schulman) .
Poetry had a way of lifting a feeling or idea out of its routine so that it could be appreciated with fresh eyes.
(Diane Ackerman in Language at Play - an essay)
