Poetry (Senryu)

Really enjoyed this one! It's not often I hear the word "declaimed", but it works perfectly in this case, to emphasize how impassioned he is. Usually I hear "proclaim" instead. This made me think of how our verses speak for themselves. Even when we perhaps over-explain or vent our emotions out in every line, they are still heard, whether or not we are heard or our volume reaches enough people. The silence speaks, too, just in different ways. Or, looking at this again, the speaker tries to address the audience in a certain way, using grandiose language, and the audience connects more with the silence in between the words. Whether poetry is in the understated, or in the tiny moments between breaths.

So thought-provoking! Thanks for sharing.