POETRY IS….
Not contained by common mould
Nor do conventions rails restrict
My work created knowingly
And not obscured by open mind
Its rendered form intelligible
in rhyme and honest fluency.
Vision drives creative thought
Autonomous and self-defining
Set within a currency
Extending far beyond mere words
Where shape and content interact
Together in their tenancy.
And so I choose to write
And what I write is merely text
Quite uninspired by recipe.
The pen I use: the instrument
Recording deepest inner thoughts
Mandated for posterity.
Yet still I wonder:
what is poetry?