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Six poetic definitions of a poem

Submitted by Keri on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 18:59

 

 

1. (This one I gave and dedicated to my beloved music teacher)

What is a poem?

Dancing melody

Unsung

Sweeping harmony

Without music

Saying prose

As if it were song

This is a poem

 

2.

Words set to meter

Words set to rhyme

Something repeated

At least one time

 

3.

What is a poem?

A poem is a feeling

A poem is a thought

A poem is inexplicability

Put into words

 

4. (Inspired by a friend called Renee's definition)