'why write poetry'

'why write poetry' timothy r gates, 6/13/2010

why calculus for engineers
physics for physical or occupational therapists
snap-on tools for auto-mechanics
computers for osha techs
policy manuals for health care providers
legislation for legislators,
who happen to litigate the same
who, what, why for philosophers
photosynthesis for all
beauty for beholders,
ugliness for unseeing
pigments for painters
scales for musicians
muse for lyricists
sentence construction for writers
prisms for insight
galaxies for speculations
hues for lovers,
morose for haters
why kiss
why hug
why sex
why friends
why enemies?
– enthusiasm cares not, so,
why write poetry?



'If there is to be any peace it will come through being not having.' + Henry Miller 'Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.' + Martin Luther King Jr. 'The search for Truth is the search for God.' + Gandhi