What is Poetry?
A Simple Definition
You don't have to be Baryshnikov.
Here's all you need to know,
to know how to write a poem.
by Edwina Peterson Cross
All you need to be able to write a poem is an emotion or an
experience, a sensation or a perception, a dream or a concept, an
idea or an image, a thought or a memory - any of the above and your
own words.
Poetry is an experience - something that has happened to
a person, something that may seem obvious, an everyday occurrence
expressed in a minimum number of words as it has never been
expressed before.
There are as many ways to write a poem as there
are people in the world. Poetry can be written for hearts ease, for
remembrance, for catharsis, for fun.
Paul Valery in The Art of
Poetry declares that "Poetry is to Prose as Dancing is to Walking."
You can experience the joy, exhilaration and beauty of the dance.
You don't have to be Baryshnikov.
Edwina Peterson Cross
is a southern Oregon writer,
poet and artist.
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