Question 5: Does poetry need to be positive? Not everyone asks this question. They charge forth existentially, dig deep relentlessly, plough on regardless. Cheerful asides are not their métier, sunrises go unnoticed. They have something to say, everything actually, they spare no pains. No one’s stopping them, but is anyone reading them? Choose subjects you are [positive] about. It’s hard to be negative about sunflowers, superb fairywrens say, or tomatoes. Laughing at negative subjects is curative: rudeness, politicians, space travel, things like that. Still, poetry is the complete palette, so don’t use rosepink when you are called to use blackcloud.
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