ehalcyon: This was inspired by Emily’s submission to ilovecharts.  Mine is not nearly as elegant, so I’ll explain a little. A poet tries to put something into words.  Sometimes that something is beyond words - for me at least. Poetry is up to interpretation though.  What a poet writes and what the audience reads isn’t always the same.  It doesn’t mean the reader is wrong.  It also doesn’t mean that the reader is right - particularly when someone thinks way too hard about it. Also, some poems don’t mean anything at all. Seriously.

ehalcyon:

This was inspired by Emily’s submission to ilovecharts.  Mine is not nearly as elegant, so I’ll explain a little.

A poet tries to put something into words.  Sometimes that something is beyond words - for me at least.

Poetry is up to interpretation though.  What a poet writes and what the audience reads isn’t always the same.  It doesn’t mean the reader is wrong.  It also doesn’t mean that the reader is right - particularly when someone thinks way too hard about it.

Also, some poems don’t mean anything at all.

Seriously.