Poetry lives

To ignite the spark

question the line

as an exploration of ideas

the thinking formation

How THEY must fear it,

to declare IT dead

losing passive box watchers

nothing to sell on false pretences

just a thought to provoke

Creative reflection

Critical outlet

Truth seeker

Soul feeder

Hear the rhythm

Feel the beat

Raise the voice

Watch the change

Poetry lives to contribute,

to the conversation

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. Poetry lives speaks to poetry as a living force of resistance — a form that unsettles complacency, nourishes thought and keeps truth, feeling and change in active conversation.

This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.