Poetry: Communicating With Our Sense of Being

Poetry is the most precise form of expression, providing words to thoughts and feelings in a way that forms a connection with ourselves and others, reminding us all when we read it that we are a collective, that we are not alone, despite the fact that we are individuals. The precision with language in poetry is necessary to capture exactness when describing the world, interior and exterior. That exactness is the thing that makes poetry different from other types of writing. That exactness is the reason it communicates with our sense of being rather than just our intellect.