http://emergingshadow.livejournal.com/ in the darkness a heart grows strong - LiveJournal.com Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:35:07 GMT LiveJournal / LiveJournal.com emergingshadow 5464076 personal http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/31153167/5464076 http://emergingshadow.livejournal.com/ 100 100 http://emergingshadow.livejournal.com/638.html Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:35:07 GMT http://emergingshadow.livejournal.com/638.html What is poetry?<br />Words on paper?<br />Nothing more?<br />Nothing less?<br /><br />A natural expression,<br />A feeling of release,<br />Celebrating beauty,<br />With wood pulp and ink.<br /><br />The life all around us,<br />Put down in phrases,<br />Telling stories<br />Emotion overload<br />Needs somewhere to go.<br /><br />What is poetry?<br />How to tell?<br />What is a poem?<br />A thought, a knack?<br /><br />A flowing line,<br />A meter, time,<br />A tear, a laugh,<br />A joyful document<br /><br />What is poetry?<br />Who is to decide?<br />Is it an emotion?<br />A feeling deep inside?<br /><br />What is poetry?<br />Where do the words come from?<br />Where does the meter pulse?<br />The lines flow, and diction rush?<br /><br />What is poetry?<br />Much more than,<br />Words on paper…<br />A freedom that I lack.<br /><br />(friends only......comment to be added) http://emergingshadow.livejournal.com/638.html public 5