Thursday, May 17, 2012

Poems Born Out of Emotions

Many poems reflect human emotion which the writer experienced at one time or another and wants to express through words. The famous poet William Wordsworth once said that poetry is “the spontaneous overflow of feelings” consisting of “emotion recollected in tranquility.” There is no denying that many poems have a strong emotional influence on them, and often relate to the poets inner most feelings about what they are writing about. Here is a selection of emotionally infused poems that express some of the most common and regularly talked about emotions.