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Ordinary language versus Poetic language

Monday, June 18, 2012, Day 18 ~ 30-Day Blogging Challenge prompt is "Some critics believe that you need a special poetic language when you write a poem, while others say that ordinary language is perfectly all right. Which side are you on?"

The poet’s duty
Is to write about the world
And humanity

Ordinary language is poetic language. Ordinary language because poetic language when used in a poem. I write poetry for two reasons reasons. First, I have no other choice; I have to write. Poetry is an obsession. Poetry is an addiction. I can put it off for a little while, but not very long. I write poetry to remain sane.

Soul whispers to mind
The words form stanzas and lines
Dishes go unwashed

Second, I write to express my vision of the world; my worldview, which is different from the worldview of every other human being on Earth. I write in America English because that is the only language I know. When I write a poem then ordinary America English becomes poetic American English.

The poet’s vision
The poet’s worldview expands
With age and wisdom

All of my life experiences contribute to my poetry and my worldview. My poetry and my soul evolve with the passing years. At one point, I wrote in flowery language, which people referred to as poetic language; however, we do not use flower or poetic language in everyday life. A flowery language puts more readers off then it attracts.

A poem language
Needs to attract the reader
A welcoming voice

A poem without a reader is a tree falling in an empty forest. I makes a sound, but who is around to hear it, to be effect by it. In order to reveal a different worldview or some aspect of ordinary life in a different way the poem needs an audience. A poem needs a reader just as the wind needs someone with ears to hear it blow.

Poetic language
Ordinary language phased
In line and stanza

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