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“I have . . . noticed in myself certain
states which I may well call poetic, since some of them were finally realized
in poems. They came about from no apparent cause, arising from some accident or
other; they developed according to their own nature, and consequently I found
myself for a time jolted out of my habitual state of mind”.
-PAUL VALERY
Poetry is the art by means of words. The word itself is of Greek origin
and its etymological meaning is "making” so a poet is actually a person
who creates. This oldest of the human arts was born in song and dance. Rhythm
and rhyme go hand-in-hand when it comes to poetry. Though the language of
poetry is the language of emotions, it is not devoid of rationality either.
We like to define poetry as we like, but trying to define poetry is
probably a waste of time and energy. Yet thinkers and poets alike have tried to
define it down the ages. Poetry is a
state of mind and feelings we try to visualize through our own words. The essence
of it comes from our emotions as well as rationality. It may be a matter of the
overflow of powerful feelings; emotions recollected in tranquility. To someone;
poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. We may even go further
to believe; in writing poetry the human mind imitates the divine mind in a
god-like act of creation.
Poets use new metaphors, putting things in new perspectives in an attempt
to make us see and feel things as if for the first time. They renew the old in
their own styles to keep us attached with our traditions and heritage only to
create a new dimension for the future, paving the present in a continuous
manner.
So here we are with the 9th issue of the 1st volume
of the monthly online poetry journal: “Our Poetry Archive: December 2015” Like
all our previous editions this number also presents poems of thirty-six poets
around the world. We feel proud to announce that our viewership is growing
fast. And this puts more responsibility on our shoulders. So we would like to
have your regular feedbacks to evaluate our endeavor in a constant manner. We
remain ever grateful to our poet contributors for their constant support to
make this journal resourceful. And as usual
we would like to ask you all to keep on sending your poetical creations
to our mail address:<ourpoetryarchive@gmail.com> on and before the 25th of every
month. Thank you all.
Editors.
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