Why I write ...(Poetry Publishing)(Poem)

I write poetry as a mode of inquiry, of response, of sounding out, of feeling out, of thinking through, of joining in; I write poetry to communicate and not to communicate--for as D.W. Winnicott wrote, "it is joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found." I write poetry because "I have wasted my life" (James Wright). I write poetry because, as Mahmoud Darwish said, as Valery said, a rhythm seizes me. I write poetry and write about poetry to transmit this seizure to you. I write poetry because I mainly don't write music and definitely don't write philosophy; I write poetry because others wrote poetry. I write about poetry because I write poetry. I write poetry because it's useless. I …