Finding and building your voice can be very tasking for a poet. This could be a tricky task, the biggest tool of poetry: language, creates nothing more than a quick channel to project immediacy, which lies in its expression but when we try to pen down or type the musings of our mind, the gateway to expression shuts, and what we are flooded with the voices of other writers. Great talents make great use of language; the palette, brush and paint, in which we pick to create our unique artistic style is copyright protected.
Another part of this quagmire, the dominant voice that reverberate the most in our mind is ambitious, we do not merely listen to it, but interact with this voice. This voice also motivate us , and help us develop sets of goals. This ambitiousness may be categorized, by societal standard, as something to be wary about. A poet might be pushed, the strength of the persuasion is heralded or fueled by a vain craving to do more or imitate, and this may limit the ability of the poet to harness his/her full potentials.
The power of language lies in its limitless ability to communicate, and the fact that it has it own naunced version of 'personality'. Language is not just a tool, as described by most. It is not to be 'pick up' as if it is littered around, without a systemic and lingustical form.
Poetry shouldn't always be too rigid and filled with formalities, being on the know of the powers of language, is essential. Finding your voice, as a poet comes from that awareness. The journey to having an authentic voice begins from the language point, and it is where even great poets made their start, recognizing the pecularities and the strength of language.
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