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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Some of this is a repeat:

A poem came first.. The instinct to speak.. And then write in a different, more melodic, way.

Long before a label/name for it was developed/created.

Different styles came first.. Instinctually.

AND then.. People started to categorize, name, label..

And then.. People started to fit their poems within these preestablished categories, styles..

Instinct gets usurped in this process. We abandon organic for synthetic.

"This person rhymed in A, B, pattern.. -follow that pattern"

-the very second you opt to fit your words in a template

That's all you'll get.

Honor your instincts. Ignore the templates. /I believe bishop T.D. Jakes would agree..

But here's the fascinating thing to (me!)

And please ponder this:

If everyone ignores templates.. And strictly honors instinct and lnstinct alone

Let's say we isolated all the poets of the world..

And just let them do their thing..

And then categorized their poems at the end of a year.

You would in fact end up with..

Poems that, although written in isolation..

Follow similar patterns.

And there will always be, among them

ALWAYS

-free form. -a category all its own.

Where every poem which does not fit within a repeatable/duplicated pattern

Gets put.

But my guess.. Is there are patterns among free form poetry as well.

And I'm not guessing when I say..

It is instinctual for us to look for and identify them.

In Jesus name, -amen.