I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling.
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work.
I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.
I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.
I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.
We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading.
My work should be seen as poetry.
I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.