Content Check

Hey readers, as you know, I've been posting a lot of my poetry, and a few short stories and such. I'd just like to get some more feedback on how those of you who have taken the time to read my work (which I can not thank you enough for doing) think of it all. A lot of writers write for personal expression and to share their own experiences in life, and thats great, poetry and writing can be an amazingly theriputic, and liberating activity. However, for me, it goes a bit beyond that level. I feel, from reading many of the romantic, transcendentalist, and over-all masters of poetry, that the craft is intended for more. Poets of the past have spoken not only for themselves but to, and for their generations, inspiring the people of their time, and those that followed. What I am trying to do with my poetry is ignite some sort of creative, or passionate fire in my readers so that perhaps we can escape the mundane trivialities that modern life is subject to. Throughout history, it has been poets that have awakened these passions in people, and changed the way we look at the world. Today, in a time when, pundits, news casters, and specified experts tell us how to look at the world, perhaps a poet's voice is needed again to paint a broader, more spectacular image. I can only hope that one day I may refine my craft to perhaps be that poet, but if maybe I could just get the ball rolling, and perhaps make it easier for a truly great poet to come along, even if I recieve no credit or acclaimation for it, I will be glad to have done my part.