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Do
we really know when does appear the unique poetical moment? Are we sure that
all the poems are actually the manifestation of that peerless poetical moment?
Don’t we know that most of the poems are actually the outcome of editorial
compulsions? If one asks any individual poet, I believe the answers would
certainly be different. One can always ask, whether this poetical moment is
actually a rare phenomenon or a common one. Those who are prolific writers, do
they actually live in a constant flux of poetical moment? Otherwise how can one
produce volumes of poetical creations years together? Every moment is actually the manifestation of
instantaneous time span. So I ponder whether these unique poetical moments do
appear constantly in the creative mind of the great poets.
It
seems that these unique poetical moments occur more often in those poets whose
sensitivities are too deep and widely spread. It is only so that the poetical
creations of these poets move their readers with great vigor. And we the
readers follow those poets so eagerly. I do believe this is the foundation of
their superiority. Yes those rare poetical moments of which we are discussing,
are really peerless, which have seas of sensitivities of great poetical minds
in the background. And without these sensitivities I don’t think poetical
miracle is possible. And here is the difference between the great poets and the
common poets. We come to this truth only when we realize world literature in
its true sense.
Suppose
all the great poets have been offered to discuss the actual stories of those
poetical moments of their famous creations. They have to narrate the innermost
feelings of any particular moment of which their famous poems have been written
down. Those poems which kept us bemused down memory lane. Those poems that had
been rediscovered again and again by different eras, according to their own
values; the poems that reveal universal truths; the poems that had reformed the
literary cultures of the upcoming times; suppose if it was possible to know the
true stories behind those famous poems!
Besides those originals poems! Can we imagine the experiences?
Might be that most of us would have been taken
aback. If the real truth would emerge out of the blue, I fear, most of us would
find it really embarrassing to know the innermost secret after comparing it
with one’s own interpretations. Again to many readers, it would have been a
great opportunity to get poet’s own story about the poem itself. Yet many
critics would certainly raise an argument that this may confine the literary strength
of the poem itself. The inherent power of poetry lies in its multi various
dimensions of different interpretations among its readers. Even the different
literary eras may differ in their literary interpretation of the same poetry.
Now if the readers depend on the poet’s story then the poem will remain
standstill and lose its progression among time and space. Different readers and
different eras would react in the same manner which would eventually kill the
splendor and mysticism of the original poetry. Then how can a reader take
shelter in his or her beloved poems when all the mysteries are lost?
Actually
if everything is get discovered there wouldn’t be any space to fathom farther.
So also with the poetry, if we see the curtain raised reveling the actual
stories of the poetical moments then all the enigma associated with the poem
would certainly evaporate into thin air. Yes, there will be the end of the
poem. Many readers and critics may agree
with these arguments. But if this is the real case, then it will be real
calamity for the lover of poetry. Only for the literary researchers this may
open up new dimensions for their works. The deep inherent chemistry between the
poets and their poetry may reveal new truths, which may be real blessings for
literary researchers.
Yes
this may be the reactions of readers of poetry. That may still differ from
person to person, which is quite natural. Now let’s try to understand how these
amazing poetical moments actually occur. That creates some deep impacts in
poets’ consciousness. A poet is a good translator of these deep impacts through
his words and phrases. Already it has been discussed earlier that these
poetical moments vastly depends on the magnitude and the depth of poet’s
sensitivities. It may differ from poet to poet still it is important how a poet
actually interprets his time and space, how he or she interacts with his or her
surroundings through personal emotions and intuitions. How best one can
recreate the innermost feelings into the canvas of personal wisdom? These
poetical moments when germinate through poet’s experience of life and cultivate
through poet’s wisdom of time and space can only be enriched in universal and
eternal truth. And that is the time frame when a great poem actually emerges.
The readers can find shelter and take rest in that poem. The poem that can
extends human values among its audience in the literary horizons year after
year; the poem that will bear the poet’s signature in the literary fraternities
of world literature is the true significance of the poetical moment of any
poetry.
It
hardly matters, that we try to discover those poetical moments or not. Even it
hardly matters for the world literature also. Even for the poet himself or
herself it matters little because already that poetical creation has become
complete that will tune up the eternal truth in universal time and space which
will remain as the light house for the readers of world literature for years
together. The poet’s word will then carry the flag of the civilization in its
literary beauty.
Yes,
we in our limited capacity do try to nurture that poetical moments in this
monthly web journal. This month we are presenting near about three hundreds of
romantic poems of eighty poets from all over the world. We are really
overwhelmed to get the response from our poets to make this Romantic Poetry
Special Edition an authoritative one.
Our
Poetry Archive is pleased to introduce poet Scott Thomas Outlar as the Poet of
The Month. We hope our readers will enjoy his interview. Those who would like
to participate in our upcoming editions, please send three poems and a profile
picture, a short Bio written only in 3rd person narrative along with
the explicit confirmation of author’s permission for publication of the
copyrighted materials in Our Poetry Archive well before the 20th of every
month. Please specify, in the subject line of your email, which edition you are
submitting to, to avoid any confusion, and to assure your poems are published
in the correct edition. Those who are submitting to any Special Edition, please
state your country of origin, mother language, nationality, and where you
reside. Thank you! Our Poetry Archive’s email address is:
ourpoetryarchive@gmail.com
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