Thought for Today: "I found more joy in sorrow / Than you could find in joy." - Sara Teasdale, American author and poet (1884-1933).
One of those couplets that sounds really deep and introspective, but says exactly zip. The whole point of poetry is to say something, not to merely seem to say something.
It is also only one line. As I don't know the poet or the poem, no telling if in context it means more or less. Just a cut an paste from the AP feed. Usually good for some conversation around here.
I write poetry and lyrics. I'm a hack, but I try to do it well. But being a hack, I know hackery when I see it, so that's why I commented. Teasdale may have written some really brilliant stuff. This isn't it. Among the rules for writing good poetry is this: let words mean what they mean. If you need a new word, make a new word up (cf L. Carroll, W. Shakespeare). But don't try to change the meaning of the word.
