People read Poetry at different times for different reasons, but have you ever wondered what the poetry that you are reading "really" means. Every poet who writes poetry would wish the poetry that s/he writes would make sense to each individual who reads it differently. With poetry, it is the Individual who makes sense of the poetry, and it is the Perception of the reader, based on how s/he Feels that makes the poetry Work.
There are individuals that may have the "difficulty" for making "sense" from the reading, and of-course, there are teachers who would be glad to use their own interpretations telling you what the poet is "really" trying to say. Unfortunately, there is not one right answer when you are reading the poetry at hand, so even when you do not understand the reading, you must just pay attention to what is Resonating within you, as you read it...... As the reader reading the poetry, what Resonates in him/her is the Feelings that is in COMMUNICATION with the Poet........ And that is exactly what the poet is CRYING for! The Enthusiasm of every poet is the spark that exists and the Feeling that Resonates in Another is the fire that starts in the PROCESS......
Based on such a Process described above, Individuals who come in contact with such readings, will have their own individual & unique Feelings in the Process. All these Feelings involved Individually, Independently while with others reading them Inter-Dependently, will Cause unexpected Orchestration.......
With reading Poetry it is almost discouraged for one trying to understand, because the act of understanding could defeat the purpose of one's Feelings of What the Poet wants to Communicate. Reading Poetry is an Emotional-Process and is not a technical or cerebral act. Poetry is a physical act of making someone change for the better, same as what the poet went through in his/her LIFE...... Poetry is the Interpretation of the feelings coming-through directly from the Heart of the Poet, and the poet only Attempts to use the words in such ways to touch the Heart of Another-Reader PERSONALLY. One who has Felt then, can only Share His/Her FEELINGS, that is NOW a Part of the reader...........
It make me think about love, as soon you try to understand it, you stop to love
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