Do we need poetry?
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Is poetry an endangered species? After reading the article by Betty Badaui on Canal Literatura’s website, I was wondering about this question and some others like do we need poetry? I don’t think it would be an endangered species and I do think we do need it. Moreover, I do know that new formats will come in the same way that some of them already came. Maybe the most known is the lyrics where poetry has music as vehicle to let its message come across to the audience. Another examples are music videos or movie soundtrack to tell a story, to express an idea or just a feeling. For example, Blue by Kieślowski where music was a metaphor of liberty.
Nevertheless, although new forms, new ways, new formats will come but the subjects wil remain the same. We’re still talking about what hurts us, what makes us happy, what makes us smile or what we long badly. In my view Poetry will be with us while there are language, communication and mankind. And what about after? New languages, new ways to communicate, new beings, new poetry will be.
What do you think about it?
Posted in High places | 4 Comments »
August 30th, 2010 at 6:18 am
“If you burned every poem on the planet and you wiped every poem from every human mind, you would have poetry again by tomorrow afternoon.” — Don Paterson
I don’t typically like to respond with quotations — but that one seems apt.
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:41 pm
I think we need poetry, like we need literature, novels etc. It’s part of how we express ourselves…
September 4th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Gabriel: Thanks, the quote is very good. It suits very well. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Zhu: Absolutely, it´s the way we live, the way we express how we feel.
Thanks again and take care,
M.
September 22nd, 2010 at 4:21 pm
hey!
nice blog,
Since you are in to poetry, you may like “tongue box” in cobblestone pub. every last Tuesday of the month i think…
Its great, worth tasting..
let me shout if u cant find it for some reasons
over and out
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