What is Poetry?
It's not just a string of words
Set out before you like an array of different cheeses
At a fancy party.
That's not what poetry is.
It's not just about the swing,
The thing that moves you out of your seat
And wishes to rip outside of your skin
To become immersed in that beat.
That's not what poetry is.
It's
Not
About
The amount of lines,
The amount of pauses
That
Make
A
Poem
Great.
You don't just say it,
You don't just feel it,
You become it.
It's that tear rushing down your face
As you realize those words were made
Just. For. You.
It's the tranquility of the silence when a poem is finished,
Only to be met by the thunderous roar of applause.
It's the emotion of a poem that makes it great,
Not the commas and parenthesis.
Without emotion,
A poem is just the product
Of factory-made sentences.