What is poetry?

“Poetry is a lesson taught in English class” -Scott

“Poetry is music for the deaf” -Jack

“It’s something that means something” -Molly

“Short thoughts put together to create a story” -Kendra

“It’s a way to express anything you want to. Words that don’t really have to make sense. They don’t really have to have any kind of deep meaning”- Alyson

“It’s a way to express your feelings”- Kaylee

“Poetry is shorter than a story but can still send the same message”- Griffin

“Poetry expresses who you are and who you want to actually be” -Brianna

“There is usually some kind of pattern” -Greg

“Poetry can be dumb. Poetry can be fun” -Kaleb

“Poetry is a form of music because the words of the poem can come together and make a beautiful song”- Chris

“It’s freedom. It’s a way out of the darkness”-Stacia

“It’s freedom to say what you want”- Garrison

“Poetry is a form of expression in which you can say things which you wouldn’t normally say” -Genesis

“More sophisticated and deeper than….”- Nick R

“Poetry is a form of writing” - Jimmy

“Poetry is something”- Zach

“Poetry is a way for people to express feelings and thoughts”- Cam

“Poetry is an art”- Anthony

“Poetry is a type of writing”- David

“Poetry is love. Poetry is life”- Conner

“Poetry is an art form that uses words to paint a picture or convey feelings”- Nick B

“Poetry can be about anything”- Evan

“Poetry is expressing yourself in a way you can’t with regular words”- Corey

“Poetry is conveying a thought using words and phrases that make it seem more serious or cool”- Jacob

“Telling a story or expressing a feeling in a song-like manner”- Nick A

“Telling a story, usually rhyming”- Ben

“It’s like a short story”- Hope

:A way to express yourself through words”- Will

“Adding rhythm to a string of literature”- Harrison

“Poetry is boring”- Wyatt

“Poetry tells a story”- Kallista

“Expressing feelings in a creative way”- Bree

“Something people can be passionate about”- Cassidy

“Poetry is boring” -Megan

“Poetry is words”- Paige

“Poetry is expression that has been inserted into thoughts, ideas, and experiences”- Sydney

“Poetry makes it easy to express yourself”- Bethany

“Poetry is a way for people to tell how they feel without saying so”- Gabe

“Poetry is a way of expressing yourself through writing”- Rick

“Poetry is bad”- Andy

“Poetry is a way of expressing thoughts, feelings, events and settings in a way you normally couldn’t”- Evan

“Poetry flows in a rhyming way”- Mikaela

“Poetry is a beautiful vocabulary and lots of poetic devices”- Marta

“Poetry is an art of words”- Mathis

“Poetry is people expressing themselves in a rhyme”- Joe

“Poetry is a style of how you tell a story”- Aidan

“Poetry has no limits”- Beverly

“Poetry shows feeling”- Josh