Why poetry is important to me?

Question

You can read a nice article about this here : http://poetrywriters.net/index.php?topic=59.0

That pretty much fits my reason for writing.

But why do you write poems?

Answer 1

Poetry reaches deep down to

show, comfort, you, me.  It's

freedom, it's fancy, it lives.

It explores the world, and

names it.  No, claims it.

Words uplift, stress you

down, gives meaning.

It heals.