Donations are essential to keep Write Out Loud going    

definitions of poetry (Remove filter)

Recent Comments

Kevin Vose on Kevin Vose
4 hours ago

Rose Casserley on Bi-Bull
6 hours ago

Ruth O'Reilly on Bard Work
7 hours ago

kJ Walker on Bard Work
7 hours ago

Graham Sherwood on The Last Train
8 hours ago

Reggie's Ghost on TIME TO SEE THE PRIEST
11 hours ago

Graham Sherwood on BROKEN SLEEP
11 hours ago

Trevor Alexander on Bard Work
12 hours ago

Ciaran Cunningham on BROKEN SLEEP
13 hours ago

Patricia Ziel on After Dark
14 hours ago

Some of my favourite quotes defining poetry - What is/are yours?

"Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth".
Samuel Johnson

"prose - words in their best order; poetry - the best words in their best order."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
Edgar Allan Poe

A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and th...

Read and leave comments (2)

Poetrydefinitions of poetry

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message