Writing a poem can freeze time
How Writing Poetry Can Freeze Time
The act of writing a poem stills time—freezing the action, emotion, meaning of a moment.
That’s why I do it. When I have this insatiable desire, this want to write something, something not written down as a paragraph in a piece somewhere, but rather as a poem.
Riddell, Chris - Poems to Fall in Love with
An excellent collection of poetry on love with wonderful art