If you color letters in black ink onto a piece of paper, is there not a reason? Every poems tells a story about something, someway. Words form a narrative by which we live. And as we write our experiences down we display it so that we might understand the other, by stepping into their narrative.

I may not know exactly how you feel. But if you show me what you saw, I can begin to react to the same situation as I would normally do. And what you're writting about can easily be broad enough so that I would relate to it.

If you'll remember the Bill Cospy that was on TV, you'll realize very quickly, that that has nothing to do with this.

All poems, books, stories, movies, are just tricks that you play on the reader. You have to trick them into feeling full of love, or into crying, or into feeling that they can conquer the world. But if you're going to tell them how to feel then there's no trick to play. And there is nothing for the reader to work for.

I have written a few poems that were published in an annual poetry book that my college put out. I am not accomplished. But I have learned a few things, from school, and writing mentors. I can't prove any credibility to you. And if you want to read my comments then note that it is my perspective. You don't have to read my responses.

I do not write to offend you, i simply feel that poetry is a "story" that need no set beginning, end, rhyme(loosly used) or reason. you say that it is for you to "relate to it" if it is a simple feeling, no one can relate exactly to the way you are feeling. And you may feel an emotion through poetry through what an author wishes to share. And simply just what an author wishes to share. Often times those write to share the feeling or the burden of the feeling, not to have others relate and feel sympathy, or whatever else you do when you "relate" to a feeling. And emotions are often not stories...but simply just....................................emotions