Nothing
soothes the spirit quite like a good love poem, regardless of the type of poem
or any other such evaluation criteria. When you hear or read it, be it with a
happy or sad ending, you can never ignore the likeness of emotion, the feeling
of knowing, or rather identifying, there is a melody acquired from
well-constructed metaphors and similes. The captive pleasure contained within a
broken heart and the dancing clatters of a new romance.
A beautiful word has always resonated within me, what more of a bunch of
beautiful words strung together to illustrate meaning and familiar emotional
stances.
I’ve been
watching a lot of American slam poetry on YouTube of late and on this post I
list my fave five poets and poems, here goes: