Poetry
I was reading ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ by Dylan Thomas. It’s a poem about an old man, who seems to have had his electricity cut off, and his son is imploring him to do something about it. To pay his bill, presumably. I prefer poetry that talks about the small, everyday matters of life; loftier themes usually go over my head. I am a late comer to poetry -over 60 years late. For me, the purpose of poetry is not to teach us things we don’t know, but rather to bring into our consciousness things we already know but don’t pay enough attention to. Things like the importance of paying our bills on time.