Similes Pro versus Con

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by marichiko

Poetry is, first of all, a communication - a thought or message conveyed by the writer to the reader.

That's a crock of shit. You might as well use the enigma code, as a poem, for conveying a thought or message.

If I write a poem and you read it......you decide what my message was. How do you know if you're right? How do I know if the message you got is the one I meant?
If each reader of a poem takes away a different message, what they got from reading it, then it's not a communication...it's entertainment.

OK, back to the similies....I feel better.