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\"Why<\/p>\n

A number of years ago I bought one of my family members (an avid lover of good and great poems) two beautiful old volumes of classic poetry. They were the kind of books that make a bookworm absolutely drool\u2014lovely antique covers, sentimentally yellow pages, and the names of two of the worlds greatest poetic geniuses stamped on the front. (I think<\/em>, although I don\u2019t remember for certain, that at least one had the words \u201ccomplete works\u201d on the title page, too.)<\/p>\n

Sadly, these two gorgeous volumes have spent most of their recent life just sitting on my relative\u2019s shelf. They were too old, and too beautiful, and too much like an heirloom to be easily thrown out, but the truth of the matter was, it didn\u2019t take all that long for my family member to discover that however celebrated the authors might be, their works contained plenty of content that was far from helpful to the Christian life.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve discussed the concept of SAW Publishing\u2019s good and great standard as applied to poetry in a previous post<\/a>.\u00a0Today I want to delve a little deeper into this issue and ask the vital question:<\/p>\n

Why Are Good and Great Poems So Hard to Find?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\"WhyDifficult as it is to find good and great prose, there are times when it almost seems harder to find good and great poetry. Perhaps the difficulty is highlighted by the fact that most poems are significantly shorter than most novels. (Most! Take note of that most<\/em>, if there be any heroic champions of the epic poem among my readers!)<\/p>\n

The shorter the piece of literature you are reading, the most glaringly either faults or merits stand out, since they stand for a greater percentage of the entire content than in a longer work.<\/p>\n

A lapse, either in goodness or in greatness, is much more profound, and much more serious, in a poem, simply because it contributes so much more to the sum total of the piece. And it must be admitted, that it is a difficult task to find poems that truly stand out as praiseworthy examples from a literary and a spiritual perspective, at the same time. We clearly have a shortage of good and great poems.<\/p>\n

Good and Great POEMS Need Good and Great POETS<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In my opinion, this dearth of good and great poems can be clearly traced to a dearth of good and great poets. There is an obvious cause-and-effect connection between the personal character of an author, and the moral and literary character of their work.<\/p>\n

If POEMS are going to be . . .<\/p>\n