Great poetry does not have to be technically intricate.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Poetry must be made by all and not by one.
Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
It's not easy to define poetry.
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.
Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it.
The actual world, not some fantastic structure that has nothing to do with reality, must provide the material for modern poetry.
I think poetry is able to say things in such a small, perfect way that are so hard to say. I think it's a perfect medium for expressing difficult ideas and concepts and feelings. It's one of my great loves.
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