poetry,hypersensitivity and aspergers?

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hello.
I'm Jess.
does anyone else write specifically poetry/lyrics a lot here and if so what does it do for you and what are your experiences of it?
In my case writing basically saved me as I starting probably writing poetry and songs in hospital when I was about 13.Its a form of writing I find soothing as its full of so much in so little and anyone can take something from it. I first read "to a nightingale" by John keats when I got in the romantic poets a while ago and was amazed by it particularly because of the way it captures emotions and hypersensitivity atleast in my case...do you think poetry is a good format for capturing the feelings that aspergers brings and if so what examples stick out to you or have a special place in your heart?
http://www.writerscafe.org/jessjessjess
has a bit of my poetry/lyrics on it....does anyone else have any writers websites they use like DA,writerscafe?

I used to write a lot of poetry but I have sinced lost interest in it. I prefer regular story writing over poetry, but I haven't written any stories in a long time either. I'd like to start writing stories again, but I can never seem to bring myself up to doing so.

Helps me to cope because I can then escape to an imaginary world. Also made ppl respect me a bit more. I only write poetry once a year becasue I'm not inspired but when I do write I do get praise.

Am trying to write a novel but keep on failing.

Odd, never associated literary talent with AS.

The virtue of writing poetry to me is in taking an idea of language or general concept and getting it down quickly in an interesting use of language. My poems take fifteen or twenty minutes to write and then I can forget about them and move on to something else.

That's fast! in my productive phase it took me over an hour, and now I spend a few days, with breaks in between of course. Slower but I think my poetry is more satisfactory than at my peak.

We sound a like Descartes my situation is the same as your's.

I've been writing poetry and limericks since I was about about ten years old, for over thirty years now. It's often the most effective way for me to convey deep emotions, especially affection. It's far easier for me than writing letters or notes. For whatever reason poetry and rhyme often come to me easier than plain speech. The catch is, though, I have to write it down. I can't extemporaneously speak in verse, despite my background in stage and screen performance.

I find the writing of my poetry and limericks to be very exciting, engrossing, and frequently entertaining, whether they are serious or humorous. I get the same kind of thrill from having written highly emotional and serious poems for my sweethearts over the years as I have writing silly, fun limericks about H.P. Lovecraft, holidays, and nonsense word usage. There is something about the (seemingly paradoxical) economy and expansiveness of verse that I find irresistible and amazing. It never gets old, and I love it.