Tides of Time in Contemporary Love Poetry

Every contemporary love poet and his or her collection of contemporary love poetry reflects the tides of time in one way, or another. The poetic works of a contemporary love poet may appear to be timeless as well as timely, within the context of the era in which they are written. Others may seem to be only applicable to the time frame in which they are written. In other words, to literary critics or other readers, their significance in literary history may appear to be relatively limited.

The words and expressions used by contemporary love poets may enable others to place a date on the writing of contemporary love poetry. At times, they may also distinguish a true contemporary love poet from others who attempt to claim his or her identity at a different time, or in a different place.

It is the tides of time and its ties to various concepts that help to distinguish and help to explain the contemporary love poet's understanding of what it means to him or her to be human or divine. The realm of his or her beliefs about eternity, the afterlife, or questions about life and death, often surface in contemporary love poetry in every era, including the present one.

Change is invariably evident in conjunction with the tides of time discovered in contemporary love poetry, even when it is change that is related to nature, man or his world. Each contemporary love poet writes in accordance with his or her present time, although any writer may veer off in a futuristic sense, at various times in his or her writing revealing an almost prophetic voice.

Time is something in contemporary love poetry that is often beyond the necessity of explanation, as the descriptive words of the contemporary love poet effectively manage to portray a distinct picture of the time. No further explanation is necessary because there are some things that distinguish certain eras, but tides change and so do eras.

The time factor is often important when contemporary love poets are inspired to write, as inspiration leads to a compulsion to write with distinct limitations on time, in any era. The fierceness and relentless nature of the tides of time may compel the contemporary love poet to write quickly and furiously. In his or her era, he or she sense a lack of time that is in turn reflected in his or her writings, or discovered at a later date by contemporary love poets or other readers.

The senselessness of the tides of time as being in a constant state of flux and endless transition may cause the contemporary love poet to yearn for previous times when somehow, or in some way, life itself was perceived as being more peaceful, happier and a time where love prevailed. This is particularly evident in contemporary love poetry written during times of war. The exploitation of mankind has never ceased despite the various tides of time, and finds its vast expression in words written by contemporary love poets in every era.

Tides of time also tend to introduce unique, new and different aspects of human progress in contemporary love poetry. The contemporary love poet may respond to transition in his or own era in a positive, or negative way, in his or her poetic work. The element of newness may be loved by some and hated by others, as is anything contemporary. Or there may be some degree of indifference expressed towards it. There may also be a total disregard for it indicative of the lack of awareness. A critic may wonder why it was not important to the contemporary love poet. Does or did he or she not have eyes to see? Has he or she been blinded by the winds creating the tides of time?

Contemporary love poetry with reference to the tides of time, or the lack of reference to it, may raise more questions than answers, but the topic of the tides of time is relevant when it comes to understanding how a contemporary love poet thinks and expresses his or her thoughts and feelings in any era.