The Identity Firewall: Why Your First Poem Sets You Free
Transform Emotional Flatline Into Laser Focus
"To write poetry is to be alive twice" Czesław Miłosz
On June 30, I asked a simple question in our Power of Poetry community:
"What was the first poem you ever wrote?"
The responses flooded in, over twenty poets sharing memories that ranged from crystal-clear recollections to confessions of complete amnesia.
admitted his first poem existed "so long ago neither memory nor record exists." remembered hers vividly: "Wolf," written as a personal credo to overcome illness. Between these extremes lay a revelation that changed how I understand poetry's deepest purpose