Is poetry dead, is it a lost art form? - Written by Joshua Yashrun Tigga (Managing News Partner) Bisjhintus News

Poetry is art; it is an emotion. And poetry can never die. Surely you can kill someone and have them vanish from the earth's surface. But with poetry, you get to immortalize them. Poetry has been around since humans began to express themselves. Humans have been writing since they first picked up a brush, and when they did, they began to express themselves. And from there, the origin of poetry came to be.

 

Someone once said, “If poetry is dead, then I don’t know how something dead can make me feel this alive.”

 

The year is 2024, and a lot of newly expressed art has come into being. Art can be anything out of the ordinary, and Poetry is art. And art isn’t discussed; it demands to be felt. People often compare poetry with love, although it usually comes after heartbreak.

 

Poetry is something that one cannot read because it demands to be felt. There is no correct way to read or write poetry. I could say, “I will die in her arms and still be alive in death.” And still be understood. The word that can even romanticize death is poetry.

 

• Do people still stay up late at night and scribble the thoughts that come out of them and pour them onto a piece of paper?
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• Do people still remember their lost love and use ink and tears to describe the essence of her beauty?
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• Do people continue to write to them even though they are unable to communicate?
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• Do people still stare at the stars and compare their brightness to the everlasting darkness of her eyes?

 

If so, poetry will never die.

 

“We don’t read or write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, and engineering. These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, and love. These are what we stay alive for.”