BRIAN & ANGELA

WHAT IS POETRY ?

Poetry is words ~ in any language

In any order ~ in any style ~ any time.

However the words are not from the head

Academic & intellectual ~ they are from the heart

Sensuous ~ intimate ~ meaningful ~ loving.

Modern Poetry has dispensed with rhyme ~ and

Often with reason but that is its beauty & charm.

 

Poems can be short ~ three lines like Haiku 

Or fourteen lines like Sonnets or hundreds of

Lines ~ like the Cantos of the famous Ezra Pound. 

Because they are from the heart ~ poetry is not

Conditioned by classical style (Villanelles etc .....)

By rhyme or rhythm (although it helps recitation)

Spelling Grammar & Punctuation \"Gone with the Wind\"

 

Some languages like the Romance Languages 

French ~ Spanish ~ Italian ~ Portuguese etc

Make wonderful poetry ~ German is a challenge

But English has such a rich vocabulary it is great

For rhyme ~ resonance ~ assonance ~ alliteration

If you post on MPS in a language ~ other than English

A translation is appreciated ! All poetry is WELCOMED !

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome

Love to all BRIAN XOX

 

This poem is in \"free verse\" three stanzas ~

septets of mixed metre ~ OK