My addiction is poetry. It was my favorite way to relieve the stress and pain in my life. It even helped me find the right words to explain my happiness and appreciation for the good things in life that did happen. One of the good things I discovered about myself is that I loved to write as a kid. It was almost as if I was forced to select that path because growing up in a bad neighborhood my mom was almost paranoid to let me go outside and play. So I had to find a productive way to spend my time because I was never really satisfied with just watching T.V all day. It all changed for the best.
So I started out reading different books and as young as I was it was difficult to see the book to its end. That’s when I began to let my imagination run wild and write short stories. Until I finally discovered haiku’s and the technique of rhyming. It’s not for everyone because not everyone has patience to do it and some people would rather avoid going into depth about their feelings. Luckily I’m a big emotional ball of a cry baby and I have no fears in shedding a couple tears. It’s healthy to be reminded that I’m human.
I’m not alone in that aspect because there are a lot of creative writers that pour their heart and soul out so artistically and so beautifully. The astonishing part about it, is how an anonymous person can describe exactly how an individual is feeling at that moment in time. It’s comforting to know that your not alone. The same interpretation can be used when it comes to music because of the lyrics. It touches a part of your soul that you didn’t know even existed. The impact of imagery and descriptions are memorable and stay within you.
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to make such a memorable peace, but I keep exploring and reading a lot of poems to tap more into my creative side. Surprisingly, I’ve discovered that poetry can also be used as an outlet to history. Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou write about the struggles they faced because of their ethnicity and a lot of motivational peaces to help them get through their problems. Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain and many others are known to give knowledge on what it was like to live in their time period. The language is so different, but it gives you a feel for what it was like.
It can even make someone realize the world of opportunity we live in now and start to appreciate it. Some even describe places that we could only dream of and the poems offer that express cloud to that world so we can somehow feel, hear, taste and see what you imagined through someone else’s words. It comes to life in your heart. Poetry is a way to escape. A place to express whatever without being judged because the words in your poem replace the artificial face. People know you for you, not as the jock or homecoming queen or the geek no one talks to. No one has to live up to a standard they can escape that world and be just like everyone else. A person who feels.
The sites that I visit is poemhunter.com, famouspoemsandpoets.com, and poets.org among others. You never know until you try it.