Poetry as Art of the Soul
Reflecting on art,
while reflecting on his own life,
Swiss psychiatrist,
the eminent Carl Gustav Jung,
expressed this of poetry:
“Poets create from
the very depths of
the Collective Unconscious,
voicing aloud what others dream.”
This he wrote eloquently
in Volume 6 of his Collective Works.
This he delineated emphatically
in paragraph 323.
And with poetic amplification,
as a student of the soul,
Carl Jung furthermore declared,
in Volume 15 of his Collective Works,
citing paragraph 115,
the nature of poetry:
“We would do well, therefore,
to think of the creative process
as a living thing…
planted in the psyche.”
Poetry of and for the soul
is of divine inspiration.
Biblically, it is divine literature,
expressing deep emotions,
deep insights, deep meanings.
Poetry, when it is sacrosanct,
emerges from the depths of the soul;
reflecting on life and death;
and on the human condition.
Poetry is a curative healing balm.
It is spiritual medicine for the soul.
It is not respective of differences.
Rather, it focuses on unifying.
When we reflect on poetry,
it gives cause for us to rest;
to ponder and meditate
on that which unifies all.
On the source of our creation.
Poetry is a curative act.
A creative act of the soul,
inviting us to suspend judgment…
if only for a moment;
as we reflect on the very meaning;
on the purpose of our lives.
About this poem
This ten-stanza poem, called “Poetry as Art of the Soul,” employs mixed poetic measures of a quatrain, a cinquain, and a sestet. It emerged from my reflection on the ‘inner work’ of poetry, poets, philosophers, psychologists; and on my own course of life employing poetry even into my advanced years, to provide me with a sense of direction, meaningfulness, and fulfillment.
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Written on September 03, 2023
Submitted by karlcfolkes on September 03, 2023
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| Scheme | XXXXA XXXX ABAC DEXBCA XXFA EDXXX XEXD XEXF AXXXD XEGGFX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,366 |
| Words | 276 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 6, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6 |
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