Joseph Campbell has authored influential books which include The Hero with the Thousand Faces , Creative Myth , Masks of God , and Power of the Word with Bill Moyers. Campbell informs that myths can be read as metaphor or symbol. Archetypes are important to the writer and artist, for they are powerful tools in developing rich communication. The employment of archetypes permits words to reach beyond the ordinary and personal into the realm of the universal and significant.
Poetry is a conversation with the world.