Poetry is...?

tell me what you all think poetry is, your personal definitions, combined with a dictionary definition.

Poetry is life.

Poetry Is The Expression Of Feelings, Emotions, And The World Around Us....Poetry Is Art....Poets Are Artisticly Gifted Writers....Poetry Is Above All One Of The Most Important Things In My Life Right Now, Poetry Is The Window To The Soul,....As Rolo Stated....Poetry.....Is Life Writen On Paper "Plain And Simple" :) *Smiling With Simplicity* xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

poetry is from the ink to the paper, and make you stop and think" how about poet ?

Poetry

Y r u even asking this question?

Becauuuuseeee.......we're on a POETRY site....and some of us are IDIOTS.....

Either/or.

poetry is words shaped in your dreams.

Poetry is a story filled with emotion and comes from the heart.
~BJ~

Poetry is an artful and eloquent expression of thought, ideas, ideals, and emotion!!!

Literal/Dictionary Definitions:

1. The art or practice of composing in verse; literature in verse: literary works written in verse, in particular verse writing of high quality, great beauty, emotional sincerity or intensity, or profound insight.

2. writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas they suggest.

english poetry anthology is asking me wat poetry is. i already hav a gold discussion, y r u evn sayin such a thing.

Poetry is words given meaning and purpose.

Poetry is very nice indeed

Poetry is emotion humor and story written on a page.

Soul in words

to me poetry is my own way of expressing emotions that get caught up in me.
i'm a ' closed book' and i bottle everything up inside cos i hate poeple caring about me, it's just the way i am.
i think a poem is very special to the writer and i think it's a talent that should be expressed.
so much can be said through so little words.

... the manifestation of the beauty of the physical and metaphysical words in earthly words.

poetry is everything life brings us, expressed on paper, it is everything we see and feel around us.