Why Use Poetry? Poem by Denis Martindale

Why use poetry? Because God wants us to.
He created the different languages and set us apart,
so we would populate the entire Earth.
After all, why create England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
if nobody goes there?
Once there, we could see the beauty of the scenery
and develop our own gardens towards perfection,
choosing from the flowers here, there and everywhere,
even to the cultivation of different fragrant roses.

Across the world, lie further glories and stories,
where sunnier temperatures warm the hearts of men,
so imagine the beaches and the water sports there.
The changing of the seasons, their comings and their goings
and the privileged ladies in their finest clothes
for Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.

Behold the amazing realms of the animal and plant kingdoms,
Yet then consider well the social issues of the day.
The justice and the injustice, the rich and the poor,
the feasting and the starving, the great and the small,
then contemplate the studies of the sciences,
marvel at the mysteries of mathematics,
with honourable hopes for future generations beyond our own.

Ought we to write about such a diversity as these encompass?
Do they not witness to us even more,
thanks to the development of the news and the media?
And poetry itself has such wonders
that present themselves to us in the mere use of words.
They fascinate us like the lyrics set to music
and then cause us to sing and dance
and to celebrate the newness of our lives.
WHY USE POETRY? Because God wants us to.


Denis Martindale December 2018.


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