Why Poetry

WHY POETRY

We live in an age of entrenched
political loyalties, suppurating anger,
a frenzied media saturating us
with unrelenting sensationalism.
What poetry reminds us of,
sometimes with just whispers,
is the beauty that does exist
in the world and in ourselves
when we slow down enough
to see, hear, and feel it.

— Matthew S. Spira © 2019