Poetry

People should use poetry as an outlet. Poetry can express political views, reflections of experiences, anger, frustration, beauty or any other thing that the writer wishes. Poetry can be about anything, and that is part of the reason I am attracted to it. When I pick up a new author, I don't quite know what to expect. Every writer attacks different topics with different style and language. I'm just afraid that if we only want poetry for beauty's sake, we will shut out writers like Cervantes and Hart Crane. But the thing is, no matter what Laura Brown reads, she will escape. Even if she (Laura Brown) reads about the woman next door, she will be out of her house and all of her entrapments. Poetry doesn't need to be beautiful so that I can escape. T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men" creates a desert landscape and expresses desperation. And every time I read it, I escape (and enjoy every second).
Gussie