Get Your Premium Membership

Poetic License To Heal

I recently read a politically incorrect prolific poet, or so I thought at the time, or more felt than thought, more truthfully, integrally, Who said, If poetry is politically correct, it cannot be poetry. So, if he is politically correct in this statement, is he thereby also not a poet in good standing? An enigma to which I respond, If so, then politically incorrect messages also cannot be poetic, but tragically disempowering. Meaning that poetry has power to change how we feel, and sometimes listen and sometimes speak about our relationships. What are political relationships if not correctly co-empowering and incorrectly fragmenting and disempowering-- without healthy reason and without wealthy rhyme. But, now I see this poet's concern more intentionally. If a poet's intent is merely political correctness, orthodox dogma of some monoculturally dangerous variety, with no faithful participation in change, in our ongoing collective integrity, potentiating, developing, shifting co-relational organic powers for healthy communicating minds still hoping to feed and feel healthy bodies, then wealthy empowerment becoming metaphorically richer on Earth's universal meaning together, not accessible by apartheid and absolute supremacy, with synergetic beauty become mere utilitarian truth, LeftBrain propaganda politically severed from deeper yang and yin-ness, and thereby RightBrain incorrect. WinWin bicameral therapeutic intent is politically correct, empowering, as seen in narratives of healing and epic poetry of time's co-relational passage musing into Paradise/Hell nutritionally/toxically becoming Where time celebrates/ignores rhyme and natural seasons speak with/without spiritual co-relational reasons.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

A comment has not been posted for this poem. Encourage a poet by being the first to comment.


Book: Shattered Sighs