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What is Poetry?

March 17, 2015
By HarkenC2 GOLD, McKinney, Texas
HarkenC2 GOLD, McKinney, Texas
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What is poetry?
Everything
Poetry can be passionate;
It can be sincere;
And it can be insightful;
But what most people aren't aware of,
Or rather,
What they do not wish to admit,
Is that poetry can also be empty;
It can be dark;
It can be cold;
It can be destructive.
Poetry can be used to convey the most sincere confessions of love
Or to reveal the darkest thoughts of hatred.
Poetry is everything
And everything is poetry.


The author's comments:

I was asked to use one word to describe poetry in my English class and I got to think; how could anyone possibly use one word to describe something as indescribable as poetry? So I wrote this as my response and decided to post it online.


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