In this day of social media and the importance of the visual spectrum it was only a matter of time before poetry started to be embellished by accompanying images and video.

There have been many discussions about the value of this, and I have certainly had a few.
There are those, often labelled purists, who believe that a poem should be presented only in the written form. While others believe poets should move with the times and embrace this practice.

I have no problem with adding audio-visual enhancements to a poem. Indeed, I have done this a few times myself. If it means that more people are attracted to poetry, then so much the better. However, I do believe that it is important that the poem should be able to convey its message standing alone. If that is
achieved then by all means give it bells and whistles, let it shout out and call in the younger generation to this art form.

Here is a poem which I wrote late last year and posted in both written and video forms. The video itself is simplistic but I do like to read/perform my own poetry. Does it enhance the poem? I will leave it up to you. Feel free to comment. You are, after all, the audience.