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10:34pm 19/12/2004
  What is poetry?
Words on paper?
Nothing more?
Nothing less?

A natural expression,
A feeling of release,
Celebrating beauty,
With wood pulp and ink.

The life all around us,
Put down in phrases,
Telling stories
Emotion overload
Needs somewhere to go.

What is poetry?
How to tell?
What is a poem?
A thought, a knack?

A flowing line,
A meter, time,
A tear, a laugh,
A joyful document

What is poetry?
Who is to decide?
Is it an emotion?
A feeling deep inside?

What is poetry?
Where do the words come from?
Where does the meter pulse?
The lines flow, and diction rush?

What is poetry?
Much more than,
Words on paper…
A freedom that I lack.

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