Poetry | Doren Damico

Poetry is an echo

Poetry — from ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create

Poetry is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content.

Poetry is often created from the need to escape the logical, as well as expressing feelings and other expressions in a condensed manner.

How are we to learn the craft of wordsmithing? Study poets. Eat poetry for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Write.

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The poet must study devices and forms. The wordsmith must cast these things to the wind and write.

Here you will find a random sampling of my own poetry.