define: poetry.
literary work
in which the expression of feelings and ideas
is given intensity
by the use of distinctive style
and rhythm;
poems collectively
or as a genre
of literature.

is this poetry?
or a vent crammed
with rhythm
and style

define: poetry.

a quality of beauty
and intensity of emotion
regarded as
characteristic of poems.

my head swims with poetry,
with its too many definitions.

define: poetry.
something regarded
as comparable to
poetry in its beauty.

happiness
is truly
its own special
kind of poetry.

yet all of today's poetry -
all of that rhythm and rhyme
crammed together
that i've seen,
that i've written,
that i've read,
is all human pain
numbly shoved into
words.

words
with definitions.

poetry is like
trying to label something -
something that leaps out of the
box you tried to put it in,
with its wings unfurled
and heart pounding out of its
chest.

poetry is for
things that have
no definitions.

and yet,
we try to give it one.