some thoughts on poems and on my poems. i think all poems just as all paintings or acting or any of the arts that one does, contain bits and pieces of one's personality , life experiences and a healthy dose of imagination. the ablity to put oneself in another's shoes, or at least attempt to do so helps, as does an empathetic inclination, tho not always. some artists have been and are childishly self centered and egotistical, but still there has to be something in them that can bring words or brush strokes or notes of music or dance to move others or they would fall by the wayside and give up. my poems are bits and pieces, of me, of others i've encountered on my path through this life or of people and things that i've read about mixed in with a good imagination(i hope) i know other poets that work differently, but there is, at least that i have seen, bits of them that shine through.