Daniel Hooks

poetry is movement without effort

Wednesday 18th June 2008 11:32 am

Poetry is movement without effort
Poetry should take you to places far beyond what your eyes can see
Take you to places where you can be free
Poetry is movement without effort
all you have to do is think and feel
and it will move you
and make your experiences real
poetry can cause pictures to form in your mind
speak a thousand verbs a thousand nouns or a thousand rhymes
all written for you to experience on a personal level
poetry is a journey
to self discovery
out of a thousand doorways to roads never walked travelled or taken
poetry can cause your eyes and your heart to awaken
remind you of a friend love remind you that your never forsaken
because while you live you can experience life to the full
poetry is movement it is a tool
for cataloguing things seen and unseen
for poetry can be the very fabric from which we dream!

◄ eyes

this was supposed to be the future! ►

Comments

Jeff Dawson

Fri 20th Jun 2008 17:34

Hi Daniel, really like this. I've had some traumatic times in last few years and only just started writing this year! However, poetry has helped no end in filling a void, creating a sense of achievement and helping me turn things round, cheers Jeff

Daniel Hooks

Thu 19th Jun 2008 19:08

Hi Darren I am airing on the side that poetry can do all the things I say as long as you can think and feel when you read any poetry of course this is a bold statement but part of the reason I write is ask questions of people and challenge them if I can the poem is my argument/thesis for poetry should be. Anyway thankyou Darren!

darren thomas

Thu 19th Jun 2008 11:04

I like the way that you have expressed the fact that 'poetry CAN...etc'. It is not saying that poetry DOES do all these things - or is it?
Poetry CAN of course, do all these things. It could also be responsible for other things...
The title is a bold statement, but one that engages the reader straight away. Perhaps because we want to read and then see in our own mind's eye what it is you're trying to say. In fact Daniel, the more I read it the more of a paradox it appears to become...fascinating stuff

<Deleted User> (5646)

Wed 18th Jun 2008 15:31

My sentiments exactly! Well done! Thanks for a wonderful portrayal of how poetry affects our lives, hopes and our dreams.
Janet.x

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