Rejection and the Contemporary Love Poet

Perhaps one of the greatest fears of humankind has to do with rejection by God and fellow man. It is a fear that has to be countered, as fear can render one frightened, cause a person him to fight, flee or even experience paralysis. 

Rejection of contemporary love poets and contemporary love poetry is a phenomenon that has occurred since the beginning of humankind and life's poetic endeavors. Perhaps fear is part of the trigger that compels contemporary love poets to write, only one aspect of inspiration, but an important one. Everyone wants and needs to be loved, as well as feel loved by God and others. Social acceptance is regarded as important.

Contemporary love poets may choose to withdraw into a more isolated, solitary environment if inspired to do so, simply because it is more conducive to writing contemporary love poetry. Critics and readers of contemporary love poetry may do the same thing, in order to understand more fully, and thus benefit more fully from the inspiration of the contemporary love poet.

There is a difference between being a reject and being a recluse. The reject is forced into isolation, ostracized by his or her family, friends or neighbors. The recluse is ostracized by his or her personal choice, or circumstances.
Contemporary poets become reclusive when working on large literary projects. Most other writers tend to do that as well, pulling themselves away from a world filled with constant interruptions.

The difference between the two lies in the reality that the reject may, or may not be allowed to function in what is to him or her, a normal world. The recluse may have difficulty in returning to a normal world, depending upon how long he or she has been absent because times change, and so do people.

The contemporary love poet invariably has to deal with the possibility, or likelihood of his or her contemporary love poetry being rejected by others, in that era. Rejection by critics and other readers of the same era, is also possible. Even many eras later, contemporary love poetry may be rejected by those who do not understand it, or appreciate it fully.

With the majority of the world's population being relatively limited intellectually and  academically, contemporary love poetry penned on a higher level of understanding, may be rejected, discarded or destroyed.Even writing religious contemporary love poetry is no guarantee of acceptance, as the contemporary love poet runs the risk of rejection because religious experience is individualistic. Many people are afraid of religious poetry. Those who are able to comprehend it, may struggle to preserve it over time, particularly when there are others who have a desire to destroy it.

Truth is often subject to rejection in any era, but the truth is extremely important to human survival. Contemporary love poets often write about truth for the sake of posterity, knowing only too well that those around them, as well as others, may not perceive it as truth. They and their families may suffer rejection, or even persecution because of it. Contemporary love poets are also aware that there are those who are able to perceive and understand the kinds of truths they write about. Unfortunately, not everyone has eyes to see and comprehend truth. It may be many eras later before it is accepted.

Should contemporary love poets continue to write contemporary love poetry knowing that there is always the possibility of rejection? Are there not much more acceptable occupations to pursue?

Perhaps one might suggest that humankind, in order to fulfill its true mandate, has to have a wide gamut of literary entrepreneurs, some who are destined to become known as contemporary love poets in their time, or later. Their contemporary love poetry may be recognized in spite of rejection, or even because of it. He or she may be left wondering what is mankind trying to toss away this time.