Enjoy or discard as you like. Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes. Meditations of a Parish Priest, pt. The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does. CLearly, we have folks interested enough to post on all sides of the issue. I would even opine that the posts that are most useful to me personally are not the ones that reflect my views, but those that challenge my ideas nad beliefs. It is with some concern, therefore, that a tendency has emerged soliciting posters to identify themselves and their backgrounds, as if this has any merit to the substance of what is posted.