I've been looking over old poetry, most that were written between 2006-2007. I haven't completed a poem since the beginning of 2009. I finally feel ready to let go of the old stuff. When I wrote them I was very protective of them and didn't want people to read them and certainly didn't feel comfortable with publishing them online. I was afraid of what people would think and also afraid of plagiarism. Now I don't think they're good enough to steal.
What I do notice about my poems is the lucidness in which I write. My emotions, my confusion, my pain is all very real and very accessible. There seems to be a real understanding of self in those poems that I don't typically have in my everyday life.
In short, poetry is good for me. It forces me to deal with my emotions, and it allows me to understand myself better. I promise to write new poetry in 2010.
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