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Gestures Overarching Purposes

Some poets use gestures to narrate, describe, argue, or define. To the novice, there are equally numerous reasons for writing poetry. But poetry, unlike prose, often has an underlying and overarching purpose that goes beyond the literal. Poetry is evocative. It typically provokes in the reader an intense emotion: joy, sorrow, anger, catharsis, love, etc. Poetry can surprise the reader with an unexpected twist, creating an unforgettable experience giving revelation, insight, and further understanding of elemental truth and beauty. Like the poet Kenvil Atkins Lewis's poem “ Natural Mystic,” the relevant message in his composition is all the beauty, truth wisdom of the real world, and that is all one needs to know. Poetry can come out as old, frail, new, and cerebral. It is stronger and fresher than you think. The poet's imagination will break those chains faster than you can say, "Play it again, Sam. What motivates people to keep writing poetry? Well, I would venture to say it is much faster to come to life than the best-written novel. The writers are just the first ones to have the satisfaction of simplicity on paper as they're putting the words on the page (and revising them). Ridden and Rhyme

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