'What makes poetry, <br />Poetry? ' <br /> <br />So debatable could be the responses. <br />But I would say... <br /> <br />Its assessibility to capture imaginations, <br />In those minds the author has found... <br />Prepared to accept perceptions that touch, <br />An ability to comprehend... <br />Pieces of thought suspended, <br />To be brought into a collective reality. <br />Left to sit and dwell in one's mind. <br /> <br />'I see. <br />And... <br />This has nothing to do with alcohol? <br />Or being a little buzzed out on drugs? ' <br /> <br />Where is this coming from? <br />People can be creative without being tore up, <br />And ready to heist off a tote from a joint. <br /> <br />'Now... <br />That is poetry. <br />I understood that completely. <br />Thank you for that image.'<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tore-up-and-ready-to-heist/
