What are poetry and why do we write poetry? Those questions are difficult to answer. The sounds of the words linked in a chain with rythm and perhaps rhyme are not the sole purpose of the activity to write poetry. To produce images and feelings is the main purpose. Images and feelings are intertwined in an entity signaling oneness of expression. Poems are excellent vehicles for religious ideas. The mysticism of religion is closely related to the mysticism of poetry, speaking of siblingship. The poet and the religious minded understand each other.
