Ars Poetica

Three painted lines on a canvas is art in a prestigious gallery, though not a Michelangelo, or a Van Gogh! Three lines of verse is poetry in an anthology, though not an Eliot or an Angelou!

Not every painting in a gallery speaks to me, but each one speaks to somebody. Reaching and touching someone is the essence of poetry.

What is a painting, but poetry for the eyes? And is poetry not a painting for the ears? Artists and poets give form to feelings and emotions that stir within. Mozart couldn’t contain the music bottled up in him. It gushed out of his head like torrents in the spring.

Artists and poets give wings to what's trapped within. Given form, love, pain and joy will soar to enchant, arouse and touch humanity. Released creatively, feelings and emotions become poetry!