Poetry, what is poetry, <br />Poetry classical, musical, <br />The words of life, songs of life, <br />Poetry poetry, <br />The images of life, pictures of life. <br /> <br />Poetry, what is poetry, <br />Poetry the songs of life <br />Hummed and sung all way long <br />While walking over the paths of life, <br />Poetry poetry, <br />The words of life, <br />The images and pictures of it, <br />You just go pencilling or snapping the photos. <br /> <br />Poetry is musical thoughts, <br />The rhythm of living, <br />A heart in song and joy, <br />Feeling the delight of life, <br />Caught by the flower and the breeze, <br />He swaying and swinging. <br /> <br />Poetry as romanticism <br />And the poet as a romantic, <br />A singer of heart and soul, <br />A writer of the common folks; <br />Poetry as classical <br />And the poet a classicist, <br />A moralist <br />Seeking refuge in didacticism. <br /> <br />Poetry is poetry, <br />A description of the scholar gipsy <br />Going the way, <br />Crossing the dry river <br />And the small-small children <br />Giving wild blooms to him <br />Which the snobs did not. <br /> <br />Poetry as the love of the shepherd girl <br />Singing and rejoicing <br />On the ways of life, <br />Yea, the rustic girl <br />So simple and lovely, <br />Sympathetic and affectionate.<br /><br />Bijay Kant Dubey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poetry-what-is-poetry-2/
