Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Response to Poem Read in Class

What is Poetry? by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Poetry is news
from the frontiers
of consciousness

Poetry is
the shook foil of the imagination
It should shine out
and half blind you

Poetry is the anarchy of the senses
making sense

A poem can be made
of common household ingredients
It fits on a single page
yet it can fill a world
and fits in the pocket of a heart

It is a pulsing fragment
of the inner life
and unthethered music

Poetry is perpetual revolt
againts silence exile and cunning

The poet a subversive barbarian
at the city gates
constantly challenging
our status quo

Poetry is religion
Religion is poetry

A poem is its own Coney Island of
the mind
its own circus of the soul
its own Far Rockaway of the heart

What is poetry? Ferlinghetty is saying that its what goes on and happens in your mind. Its your imagination, that you might not even know about before. There are no rules when it comes to poetry, and can be created by just little things that surround you. Once you start, its hard to stop. Once you start, the silence is no longer silent. It's a way of letting others know. Speak your mind. Look into your heart.

I agree with him about what poetry is. The writer can go wild, or be sophisticated. It's all up to the writer. Nothing and no one can control you when you're writing poetry.

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