What is Poetry.....................?

Ah poetry, speaks to my soul, to my senses

Echoes sentiments I could not place in words

Opens a window in the recess of my slumbering mind

Awakening me to a supernal and ethereal realm

A rich tapestry indeed, embroidered by the needle of truth

Sewing gems with threads of gold on a fabric of finest linen

A kaleidoscope of colours interwoven upon this enlightened heart

Finds its solace comforting in the darkness of its dispirited pain

Interlacing in resonant cognisance, entranced and enamoured

With self, and love and world, beguiling, enchanting, poetry

Speaks to my soul, my heart into depths unreached and unknown

Chance upon the words of one echoing the tone I could not scribe

Spoken by one adored, alas, applaud poetry, the language of Love indeed

In words, in love within and inimitably fresh, renewed witch each text

With its spirit of sense and allure colours all in its rainbow tone

Endures as melody to my enraptured ears, poetry. Beautifully babbling...

Not sure that poetry is 'random thoughts'... More often connected or related, than merely random I would have thought?

Not actually sure that the words are always 'powerful and potent' in and of themselves... but the way they are combined and juxtaposed gives a poem power and potency perhaps...

And as for love and romanticism... well, yes poetry may be used for these... but perhaps a more apposite word is 'passion' -- because a passion can be 'dark', can be 'cynical', can be '...anything but romantic or lovely'... and often these 'unlovely' qualities make the most powerful of poems...

that is poetry, and so is this I believe

symbols from symbols to symbolize

what cannot be perfectly symbolized

but as humans we try oh so hard

to communicate our emotions

and creativity is the one instrument

for the playing of these desires

a union of feeling through words

translations of our heart

imprinted forever in time

It is whatever anyone/someone else thinks / feels it to be.... someone may read this and feel im a poet, yet i did not know it?

Never take life seriously, no one ever gets out alive!

Very strange that the word tapestry is woven into yours as well...http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As2vD...

poetry is words

blended and bended

to fit the occasion

a play on words

or words of play

to convey

from my life to yours...

Poetry is your emotions put into words.

"What's poetry? It's not real but maybe it's more than real. It's dreaming while you're awake."__CARYL CHURCHILL

poetry.