Poetry is..., and Picasso!

More than a story which rhymes,

More than feelings that rhyme,

More than rhymes.

Poetry is an abstract expression of a “thing.”* Much like a painting by Picasso which shows “something,” yet not quite anything particular, that is, nothing particular universally. But, the abstractness of the art allows each person who encounters it to have their own particular experience.

The art at once is nothing and everything.

Poetry is very much the same. There are no refined lines required, and clear concepts are far less useful. However, Picasso did not just throw globs of paint onto the canvass as he felt. If you have seen, there is a semblance to some-thing which is “real.” Poetry is also very effective when it can capture some-thing ordinary in an extraordinary way. Prodding and prompting its observers to think deeper, differently.

For poetry to be really effective,

It must ring a tune or two,

as Picasso’s paintings do,

But if you please,

Allow your observers to sing the melody.

*A thing is really any object, emotion, experience, ext..