Poetry is not

an expression of the party line.

It’s that time of night,

lying in bed,

thinking what you really think,

making the private world public,

that’s what the poet does.

~ Allen Ginsberg

 

I love this. I've never claimed to be a poet, but maybe all honest thinking, feeling, and writing is poetry, you know? Maybe we're all poets when we're by ourselves, just being. When we escape our egos, even momentarily, the poetry and beauty and truth can flow.