I sat down next to my little sister
and I opened up the Shel Silverstein book
I read out some of the poems
and laughed to a few of them
and sighed to others
it was the feeling of the poems

After writing so much poetry
I am able to understand it without thinking
but with feeling

But every time I laughed
or sighed
or even commented
my little sister would think VERY hard
and then say, "I don't understand"
At first I ignored it and just read on
but after awhile of thinking about how much she was thinking
I had a moment
I felt her confusion
and suddenly I understood
something that has been put into words so many times
yet I never understood it this deep
Although I know it is too deep for her age
she's only 7 how would she understand it
but it took her confusion
to clear mine

So finally I answered her
I said, " When you hear poetry, you can't think about, you've got to feel it. When you hear poetry, take it in by your soul not your mine. Don't think about it, be it, feel it, hold it in."

Now when I read poetry I can't say I get it, but I have to say I feel it, I know what the poet is getting across.