The Contemporary Love Poet as a News Reporter

There are those who question the validity of news reports in every era, including the present. Thus, the question of the contemporary love poet as a more reliable source of events, surfaces. How does what a contemporary love poet writes poetically, compare with what a news reporter conveys to others? What is it that gives credibility to the contemporary love poet in his or her era, or even later, with respect to day-to-day events that are taking place?

New events occur continually in every era. The contemporary love poet writes about them poetically, both subjectively and objectively. That is not the case for news reporters who perceive and document events objectively, but run into difficulty reporting anything subjective. 

In other words, the contemporary love poet is allowed to express his or her thoughts and feelings, not just the hard, cold facts of an event along with hopefully, verifiable dates, times and places. The lack of dates, times and places may be a credibility factor for the contemporary love poet.

No two contemporary love poets write exactly the same way, in any era, but they do have a number of things in common. For example, a contemporary love poet tends to write on inspiration. This is not necessarily the case for news reporters, who are more likely to be documenting and reporting events, as they happen. They may or may not write on inspiration, because what they write is usually more job related, as well as a potential source of income for them.

The contemporary love poet is focused on the love of someone or something, and more likely to be writing for enjoyment. Of course, when events occur around him or her, the contemporary love poet may find him or herself writing out of concern, or love for others and plead their cause.

Historically, contemporary love poets often confirm the events of different eras, simply because they were there, and witnessed or responded to the events of their day, poetically. Their contemporary love poetry often goes into far more detail than any news report would contain, simply because there are thoughts and feelings expressed in their poetic writings.

Often what a contemporary love poet has expressed in his or her contemporary love poetry is ignored, or otherwise disregarded in its own time and thus, may be lost for many eras. Readers and critics of contemporary love poetry, as well as  historians, may unearth it later.

The majority of contemporary love poets do not receive recognition in their own eras. Later on, their credibility may increase as their words are proven true. In the meantime, the news reporter is regarded as credible in his or her era.

Truth stands the test of time and thus, it is revealed eventually, often many eras beyond that of the contemporary love poet. The events of the news reporter will likely be recorded as history, whether or not they are totally accurate or not.

Over time, the literary world comes to treasure contemporary love poetry and reveres contemporary love poets. Love is eternal and thus, that which is written with respect to love, is destined to live on.