~Painting With Words~

A poem should be like a Painting~
Every word chosen with great intent 
like the stroke of a painter's brush
till together they form an image.
Every sentence intricately layered
one after the other
building the message,
creating the vision
that the Poet intends to.
Not a simple scribble of thoughts
or an means to an end
but the beginning really~
A collection of poems is the voice of the Poet's heart.
Instead of paint, a pen.
Instead of a picture drawn out literally,
images thought up, described with mere words on paper
that when read paint the story
in the reader's mind.
Poetry is painting
but with words.




~Stacy J Roosa

May 2, 2012