Exploring the Poetic Matrix

Exploring the Poetic Matrix by John Peterson

Exploring the Poetic Matrix is not a formal dissertation. It is a bringing together of essays, comments, poetry, studies, stories, reflections and even some exercises, intended to show both what came about and how. I used the terms poetic matrix for many years, aware that there were many disciplines, areas of study and experiences that went in to making my poetry. This work honors that recognition. Some of those areas are consciousness, healing, and meditation found not just in religions but as is true all of us discover/rediscover what is inherently a fundamental part of what it means to be human. Sometimes we write it out, sometimes we sing it or dance it or paint it. Mostly we experience it in the many diverse ways we as humans of all races, genders, education, cultures, individuals and groups have of manifesting it and we pass it along to family and community and to the larger social experience in our lives. Some of us choose poetry as a means of understanding, and expression. This is indeed an exploration of just some of those sources.