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Jan 2020
We write to liberate ourselves as best as we can, never to compete or 'show off'.  Poetry that's too artificially inflated defeats its purpose.  It can't be forced or coaxed.  High-sounding words do not add substance. Words are like notes in a musical piece.  Just as the latter follow one another in sequence to create a certain effect, so do words.  Naturalness and spontaneity is the hallmark of all good writing.  A worthy poem strikes at our very core when it unfolds itself so delicately as the flowering of a bud---we flow with it and identify our feelings with it--it's a moment of awakening so to speak -our hearts are touched, our spirit is elevated and we are transported into that beauty and poignancy beyond the bounds of the poem itself.  This is a peak experience and brings us close to the celestial and sublime.  

    (Many thanks for sharing your views with me)
* Whit Howland
Written by
Dr Peter Lim  M/Victoria, Australia
(M/Victoria, Australia)   
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