4 (Ancient) Reasons to Write Poetry

Almost 1700 years ago, the poet Gregory Nazianzus laid out four reasons why he writes poetry - reasons we can still learn from today.

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St. Gregory destroys many of our modern misconceptions i. These four reasons!
Heres the anti Gregory motove for poetry:
1 undisciplined self expression, the song of myself
2 exploration of moral taboo and actual aim committed
3 feed the salacious taste of others or lead them into novel forms of vice -- also win the culture war
4 despair over life and celebrate death