Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-21
iifsRArlnE An A souRcE
40 CULTURE
~ Mar, Miner Heard

10 you llke ineraiufeY 10 you DO
tot, yon have not as Yet found your
saul the love d all that makes liter.
stpfe Worthwhile siumbes In every
l1ui aud until We have awakened Il
through thu masterpieces ~ great
po~,ry ana made the APPLICATION 10 life
shout ~. We have not M yet fully real
led that We have within M "a harp OF q
thousand strings capable Of being
touched from a thousand sources.
",Snow ihyself'' IL nm oft quoted phrase.
hut. seemingly. only half understood.
Al life IN prisnatic and capable ~ ~.
ilecilng the glory Of the heavens ana
~ proper study of man IN study of
mankind" All men are mosalcs OF IatN
terms II other men. We are what We
Are because other similar types have
lN,ed and passed our way.
Look for yourself IN great literature.
Search for your origin and ideals Uet
Jour bearings. your proper relation and
attitude toward yourself ana the uni.
verse about you. You can hest DO this
through tho study OF good literature.
Poetry.
Al truo poetry N a mirror reflecting
life as II IN through the many.colorcd
lens of an inspired imagination. life
and literature are one. i.ife In the ere.
alton OF lasting literature and literature
u the mirror OF life. hence poetry 10 h.
real must be true 10 life.
Since this IN true. II We would
broaden ourselves and Increase our "a.
pacliy for approaching tho manifold
rldes Of the III. OF the spirit We must
become familiar with the thoughts and
ideals Of those who have given us our
inspiring literature.
Great poets are prophetic SCOTS. pos
hesslng tho higher vision TO sce things
as God made them. To be- poet means
10 catch glimpses 81 the divine. All
great poets set their temple In relation
10 the Eternal. THEIR business IL to
express sparks of the infinite In terms
OF the finite. TO express God In terms
III man. To interpret ., poet rciislously
means 20 catch reflected Glimpscs 81
the divine. IL IN aaid that W. all he.
coine poets through MIR appreciation of
grAai poems We know that II " Ger.
tain that We mas become more bcauil.
hii In life ana character through u
close. gympathetlc appreciation OF the
irnr and beautiful IN poetry and life.
a beautiful life IN "A poem. Lyric poetry
IN a song ~ individual life IN terms of
tns universal. That ~ why a good poem
puts you In tune with the rhythmic
swing ~ the universe and softens tho
aiscords 81 life. Man IN a bundle 81
restless aspirations one end Of the cable
attached 10 the heart NJ God. the other
swlnging herr on earth. II N this poetic
prophet u hght that reveals 10 c,rth
harm men the trend Of his aspirations.
When business IN shipwrccked and
the soul II storm tosscd and YOU ARE
out II tune and can't settle down 10
WORK. just fead ana re.rcid from q good
poet. Tune your wuul 20 the key lis
intsssg~ aud swing hack into harmony.
u II not the priest nor scribe In this
New Day, II In the prophet. the poet.
n In through these seers that our faith
aud religion were fostered aud pre-.
served. Every true poet In a preacher
letting forth his mission IN the text Of
hlS poem. Poetry has q passion for
truth. The heart of religion rests
largely upon the prophecies OF the mys
tic beyond. the aDswer. the intangible
about which our poets dream and write.
II n through poetry that We are kept
In touch with the spiritual. AL history
aud literature rests upon folklore that
IL luminous with poetry. The past re-
,rals that poetry has had AN immense
Influence upon The life of man.
Aesthetic development comes largely
throughout sympathetic study Of graI
poetry Hut all poetry In not grna,
poetry and all writers afe not poets
Rhymes and jlngies do not make poetry
4 poem must he q product ~ life. q
iakss the time element 10 get % go,,t
perspective an life and yet som. of oii,
popular poets try "a Jingle out % poeir
every day. lie might M well try 10 liz,
hln yrsr In "a day. imagin. Burns with
thu newspaper ideal grinding out I
poem on Scoich asslcs every day. pos
teriiy would hate him. lie could nevel
have won fame with his "iIlghian,
Mary" In that way. Think Of ahelle,
for ten dollars a week trying his han,
on the "akyisrk." and yet this IN VIVA
~ many present day newspaper poet,
wy 10 do. The truth II. the true poet
like the hooking bird never sings twir,
on the same note. hut In that song h,
sShausts his soul. II ~ only the IN,
bird that sings the same thing ever,
day an dimagines he II singing "a new
song. However. real genius may blos
ain In the newspaper. and does NOR