What is Poetry?

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Society

Is it a soul laid bare

or a heart concealed?



Does it teach and inspire

or oppose and dismay?



Is it a set of rules,

does it follow a standard

or is it free-flowing?



Is it the imitation of an action

or the rework of a memory?



Do we create these worlds

or merely describe them?



Is it a way of breathing

or a course to death?



Do we speak one to another

as only he can understand

or it is universally understood?



Is it a mirror held against nature

against human nature,

or is it an escape from our nature?


Author's Notes/Comments: 

Inspired by “What is Poetry” by James Scully

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S74rw4rd's picture

Covers the whole spectrum beautifully!


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