Urgency and Necessity

Write with urgency - as if this poem must be written.

What must be said: {{message}}
Why now: {{urgency}}
To whom: {{audience}}

Urgency in poetry:

1. **Stakes:** What is at risk if this is not said?
2. **Timeliness:** Why must this be said now?
3. **Necessity:** Why poetry and not another form?
4. **Direct address:** Speaking to someone who needs to hear
5. **Emotional pressure:** The feeling of having to speak

The poem should feel:
- Not optional
- Pressed by need
- Risking something to be written
- Vital rather than decorative

Draft an urgent poem.

Reflect on what creates the feeling of necessity in poetry.