Words and Their Interplay in Contemporary Love Poetry

There are many different words in every era that demonstrate the role of words and their interplay in contemporary love poetry.

For the contemporary love poet, writing love poetry can be beyond work, a mere task in itself, or the realm of discovery, as writing love poetry can prove to be a relaxing pastime, pure enjoyment, or something that is fun to do. The opposite can be true, as well.

For a moment, consider the word opulence with respect to writing love poetry about the wealth displayed by nature or more specifically a perfect sunrise. Then consider the word arrogance with respect to writing love poetry or more specifically the arrogance of mankind related to his greed related to the accumulation of wealth.

The interplay of words in contemporary love poetry can depict comedy, just as easily as tragedy. The words in a contemporary love poetry comedy can bring the contemporary love poet to tears of laughter, while those in a tragedy can elicit tears of sorrow. The response to his or her poetic work can be similar for readers, as well.

Words often portray a contemporary love poet's literacy level, or the lack thereof. It may reveal chronological accuracy or inaccuracy with respect to its appropriateness, or the absurd related to the era in which it is written.

Contemporary love poetry introduces revelation through the interplay of words penned by the love poet. At times, the interplay may appear very subtle or indistinct, whereas at other times it is obvious.

While actual words may change from era to era, or their horizons of meaning be expanded over time, the interplay of words in contemporary love poetry remains a ongoing, indisputable phenomenon. A contemporary love poet or even a critic of contemporary love poetry can use this to his or her advantage.

Harsh critics of love poets in their era, or even later, might be appalled at the unmitigated gall of contemporary love poets taking liberty with words, or using them in a context not comprehended as the norm. One may wonder what the norm really is? Is it something based upon numbers, or the same interpretation by large numbers of readers? Or is the norm based upon morals, ethics or principles?

Poetic freedom with the interplay of words is a luxury that contemporary love poets can use to their advantage as they write in any era. What they write and how they write it may meet with the approval or disapproval of others, either in the era when it is written or in later eras. That does not really seem to matter, but it may prove to be an inhibiting factor in relation to exposure or publication. Thus, the contemporary love poet learns to use his or her interplay of words in such a way that it works.

No one really needs to know exactly how it works from era to era. It just does.