Your Weekly Dose of Sawyer

Today in our present-day society, there is no doubt that many social issues are unsettled. While many of these social issues will remain unresolved for a long time, given that everyone has the right to their own, individual opinion,  poetry could possibly help.  I feel as if when we discuss and inspect these social issues we are only viewing the simple, head-on interpretation of what they mean, how they affect society, and so on. However through the use of poetry, authors are able to capture and portray a complexity of the issue that was not being seen before. Poetry invokes empathy, compassion, connections, and just overall helps us to realize the pieces that we missed. With this in mind, I believe that it becomes more clear that maybe many of these social issues do lack these components that could prove to be beneficial. When our society talks about and wishes to resolve such social issues, we want one answer because it seems to be our human nature to wish for simplicit...

Poetry is intimidating and difficult to understand but is that because only certain people pick it up or because we tend to avoid it? While poetry is not my favorite topic, I will definitely agree that it is quite underrated. However, whenever poetry does present itself to me, I always find myself wondering, why would anyone wanna sit down and write this? With the handy web, I found multiple ways in which people use poetry, some of which I would've never thought of. One being, it can help you understand your emotions and how you feel towards something. Using this individualistic, no-rules type of writing allows people to break free from boundaries and dig into something deeper. With endless freedom, poetry becomes a way to express yourself in any way you want, making your emotions, motives, and intentions so much clearer to yourself.  Sitting down and taking the time to try your hand at poetry also allows yourself to notice things or see things differently than you had seen them be...