Writing Poetry

Is speaking about oneself and one's experiences considered to be of the confessional

style in poetry or can it be regarded as the poet's idiosyncratic lyrical writing which

reflects the poet's life-experiences? Confessional poetry sounds old-fashioned

to our post-modern sensibilities. Yet, how can a poet be authentic if he/she does

not voice his/her lived experience which is part of the poet's lived, thought about,

and felt existence? These are important issues for a literary identity. I think that

the poetic voice is shaped by an elaborated existential experience which can be

expressed in a lyrical voice.