<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389191" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Poetic Experience (Number Four)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">poetry lost itself, <br>lost it's connection, <br>and its ability to be <br>effective when it became <br>a secluded form, wrapped <br>in the academic world, <br>shaped by form and vague<br>images and intricate patterns.<br>but there have always been <br>those who walked a different <br>path, who dared! <br>for poetry to again reach<br>the hearts of the masses, we<br>have to speak their language! <br>we have to use images and<br>experiences that the common<br>man and woman both understand, <br>and have felt. we have to be real! <br>poetry is not a large volume<br>that sits on a shelf unopened...<br>poetry is the heartbeat of the people.<br>it has to taste like people, feel<br>like people, and stink like people! <br>at this late and urgent time, <br>it has nothing to do with praise, <br>with awards, or with fame...<br>it has to do with reaching out<br>into the sweat and the excrement, <br>the longing and the hurting, the<br>anger and the lostness... reaching<br>out and touching... i dont care if<br>anyone remembers my name 20 years<br>from now... what i care about is <br>whether what i write brings redemption<br>and healing to the human spirit!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eric+Cockrell">Eric Cockrell</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389191" data-title="The Poetic Experience (Number Four) de Eric Cockrell" data-description="poetry lost itself, lost it's connection, and its ability to be effective when it became a secluded form, wrapped in the academic world, shaped by form and vague images and intricate patterns. but there have always been those who walked a d..."></div> </div> </div>

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