P O E T R Y defined

.......the end of Love is SIGHING.

the end of   SIGHING is POETRY.

The end of  POETRY  is MUSIC.

The end of MUSIC is SIGHING.

End our SIGHING, with LOVE!!



Our feelings causing expressions,

our expressions becoming eternal,

our eternal motive expressing itself

as  our Poetry, forming others' thoughts.





Poetry begins as a thought;

a thought of love, or life,

or birth, or Life's nourishment.

Of growth, and of death.

Then freely given from one's heart

to another's who needs nourishment.

Love causes poetry;

poetry causes Love.

Both are agents of the Eternal,

and we are merely their stewards.



~(Thanks, KAT ;), you made me think:)~





Poetry is the Hope of the Solitary Heart

seeking the other complementing part

that understands without asking,

that endures without breaking

silent promise or oath,

despite pressures

on both.



A  Sonnet:



Our thoughts and their emotions

endure past our last breath

because we dared express

(in Poetry's deep devotions)



the beginning and never-ending

feelings of hearts in each word.

"Time" is not "Forever", I've heard;

but Love IS eternal, and meant for blending.



In poetry we more than commemorate Life;

through our words people may live forever.

Our thoughts result in words, we reach a believer,

our words compose into action, pallet, chisel, or knife.



Ragamuffin, Hero, King, or knave:

if you wish to feel Life, give it ALL you have!!

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I REALLY appreciate your input, telling me what poetry REALLY is!!!

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kat's picture




Poetry is...
One heart hoping
to find
another heart
that understands
without questions.


Sorry Teddy, ol' boy, I broke form.
But that's me---I like to be different from the crowd.
kat

Judy Costea's picture

Teddy,
I have always thought of poetry as this.
Poetry is love
Love becomes poetry
Poetry is a birth
A birth that we form.
Nurished from our hearts.
We become one with poetry
Poetry becomes love
Love becomes poetry.
It means different things to different people.
But that my idea of what poetry is.
Judy

Jenny Pearson's picture

....Poetry is the thoughts we have
The thoughts are our feelings
Our feelings are endless
Endless as all poetry is
It's a, thought
A feeling
An endless rhyme

Well.... I just thought I'd try to help.. Not sure I did!!

Ernest Bevans's picture

".......the end of Love is SIGHING.
the end of SIGHING is POETRY.
The end of POETRY is MUSIC.
The end of MUSIC is SIGHING."

the end of SIGHING is the end.
and that said end; the begining...
- recycle love and lets do this again!

(best I could come up with teddy)

Tommie Pagliarulo's picture

To answer your question, Here's my thought Teddy...

Poetry is thought
Thought is emotion
Emotion is feeling
Feeling is love
Love is life
Life is time
Time is forever
Forever is eternal
The end if eternity is death
The end of poetry is the end of thought, emotion, love, life, time and eternity
Therefore the end of poetry would be death.
Hhhmmmm – interesting and pretty good if I do say so myself.