This week is a departure from my typical essay style missives but I wanted to share this video again (I have shared it in the past). It's an imperfect recording - you may even hear a fly buzzing in the room but that's a little poetic too.
This video explores my reasons for writing poetry and guiding other people to write poetry. Because poetry is a funny little thing - why do people write poetry? What is poetry? What is it for?
Poetry is a way to share the truth of your lived existence, an expression of self - an expression of your heart or mind in one moment. Poems are the essence of your lived experience and there's a silent poet inside I dare say, everyone.
Quite simply, write poetry because your heart needs your art.
If you want to explore poetry writing or poetry performance yourself, I do workshops and I also do 1 on 1 mentoring. Reach out if you're curious - send an email and we can chat.