What Is Poetry?
This Is How I Define Poetry
6 min readSep 7, 2023
The definition of poetry will vary depending upon whom you may ask. Some will tell you, “It’s made up of short, rhyming phrases,” “It’s what you’ll find in a Hallmark card or a nursery rhyme.” or “They’re like sonnets and Shakespeare.” Some may even tell you it’s “boring old stuff” they were forced to endure in English class.
