I don't consider myself to be in any ivory tower jotting bell mots for literati. If poetry doesn't start with passion it is nothing. I often ask at workshops why someone wrote this or that. There is not usually a clear answer. If that poem isn't the most important thing in your lift at that second don't write a poem about it.
Poetry is about love.
It is about love of your fellow man. It is about compassion and observation. It is about letting someone else see that love. All rights reserved.