by Stephen Roberts

Created on: August 28, 2008

Poetry is the embodiment of the heart. For if the mind had control, it'd delete half of things we wish to say. Passion makes a poem. Passion about love- love of any various topic of conversation, and love as we know it cannot be controlled. The mind is the controlling element. It separates logic from passion. It finds a way to hide those very emotions which make each of us vulnerable human beings. Poetry exposes and liberates us, but opens us to the criticisms of the general populace; many which conform to a general established existence within a group. The critics can be either brutal or sympathetic, depending on their fellow "compatriots". Those who stand above and define themselves as an individual who fights for their view point, and lives to instill in others their passion; they are the true poets.

The heart and the mind work independently of one another when it comes to mission, yet each one coincides within itself to format the best possible way to express how one feels - the emotions one goes through. Certainly, we all know it takes brains to write well, to put in writing only what our heart can dismiss as understanding, but it takes the heart to recognize something indefinable in another person- an attraction, a moment thrown from right field, and splattered on to a piece of paper (in this case, a computer screen). There's no doubt, the heart controls poetry.

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