Poetry is the camera of the writing world. Within the (relatively) few lines and structure you create, you have the opportunity to create a portrait of an emotion, a snapshot of something perfect, something splendidly horrific, something entirely too human for words.
Whether you write about loss or love or joy or triumph, you have an opportunity to catch, in that small space, a little bit of the human condition on paper, and even more magnificent, you have the opportunity to let people *feel* through your words.
There is no other art form that could suit me more.
