With Charlie Sheen fresh in the news, the media has picked up on his previous history as a Poet. He has one published book which is rare to find, I understand from this online article by GQ. From these examples he presents a short and concise style of writing. However, I am reminded how effective poetry can be to provide a window into the emotions behind the writer's outside persona, this being particularly effective when seeing 'behind' the media portrayal of a celebrity. Poetry seems to unlock something that prose doesn't: a stark reflection of the inner mind, with no fillers or description to crowd out the purity of meaning. Prose takes more words to do something that poetry does in less, yet with deeper impact. It is in what is not said that power of this communicative medium lies.
