Help me understand poetry interpretation.?

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Do all poets expect you to interpret a poem in the way they wrote it? Forgive me, I'm having trouble putting what I'm thinking into words. I mean, what if he/she writes about a tragic childhood event in which some of us are not able to relate to? How are we supposed to understand the poem? Or, is everything left to personal interpretation?

I just don't understand how some people can pull the meanings they do from poems. Some poems are obvious, but others I just think, "How did so-and-so derive that meaning from THIS poem?"
 
No i know what you mean!

I myself write poetry but often times cannot fathom how i
Came up with such integral meaning!

I think and this is just my own personal thoughts
that it comes indirectly from our emotions
we often say what we feel what is on our minds don't we? so we write what we feel too am i right?
 
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