A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

...In another time, What cannot be seen will define us, and we shall be prompted To say that language is error, and all things are wronged By representation. The self, we shall say, can never be Seen with a disguise, and never be seen without one.

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented.

It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape.

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions.