1 <br />poetry can be <br />like a sky filled with wrangling clouds <br />or as a sky without a wisp <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br />in poetry there are no <br />clichés in thought and phrase; <br />and what is left there is <br />the resplendent and the living <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br />poetry leaves one <br />rich inside <br />and ordinary outside <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br />the fool defines poetry <br />and poetry defies all definitions <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5 <br />poetry entertains, inspires; <br />poetry tickles, distracts, and shapes and frees - <br />but its true intent, no one knows <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />6 <br />many lines, and countless lines <br />many pages, and thick volumes <br />don’t make poetry <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />7 <br />if one had no coins <br />one cannot buy bread; <br />but not all the world’s wealth <br />can bring you poetry <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />8 <br />Oh no! <br />Not another love poem! <br />Oh no! <br />Not another poem about oneself! <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />9 <br />rhyme, technique and meter <br />and tricks of prosody <br />don’t make poetry: passion does<br /><br />Raj Arumugam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-poetry-7/
