Ever since humankind first developed self-awareness, we have also wondered about those things beyond ourselves. In the earliest cave art -- scratched, carved or smeared upon the walls long before we developed even the most rudimentary elements of coherent speech -- we behold eerie, strange figures and complex abstract designs floating alongside easily recognizable prey animals and the local hunting parties. Beyond what can be seen and heard, it seems that humankind has always sensed that 'something else' is out there.

From the classical generation to the beat, from the epic and sonnet style to the free verse, poets likewise have thus set their pens and their imaginations to capture -- if only for a moment -- that which is both essentially elusive and yet so very near.

And just as art transcends the mere blending of color and music is more than simply a series of notes strung together, poetry does not remain trapped within its own words and letters.

Poetry is a restless spirit. Poetry roams. Poetry hunts...

Because 'something else' is out there still.


Wren Walker
Co-Founder - The Witches' Voice
December 21st., 2003

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
Rudyard Kipling

"And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

-T.S. Eliot