The Power of Poetry

     What is POWER? There are many kinds of power. It can make you feel little when it's forcing words down your throat, or lighter than air when it releases its grip from the world. Then what do you get when you give power to a simple thing such as a word? A story, a poem, a song, a text message; they all become something greater than themselves when given the heavy gift of power. Many people write laws with the power of politics in their favor. I personally love when writers create poems with the power of emotion. If you really think about it, everything ever written is living, breathing, eating on the power of words. Poetry itself encompasses a whole world of emotions that intertwines the minds of awesome people who have a passion for poetry. Everyone can relate to a poem in a special way that is close to the heart. If you take the works of Emily Dickinson such as "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", she molds her own sorrow and emptiness into a wonderful work of art that makes you feel what she is feeling. Just like the "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or the singing of the National Anthem at a baseball game, each one has the power to change a persons mood; whether it be the will to fight for a greater cause or pride for the country that you call home, that is the power of words. A poem's meaning isn't always clear, but after reading it, you know how it made you feel. And that is what the power of poetry is all about.