What Poetry Is
At the thought your soul alights
Strange fires sparkle in your eyes
Words that kindle your heart
Like logs glowing in the dark
At times it bleeds with bitterness
Painting your days blue
And then so sweet it becomes
Pure honey, gold and true
Tender like mother's tired hands
Wipes out mistakes of long ago
Come drift in the waters serene
Little kids lost in the fog green
It's hope when there is none
Courage when days are gray
It heals the wounds you thought
Forever are here to stay
It comes and goes with time
Commanding love or sacrifice
Takes you hostage at times
It is like . . . politics
Light as a feather, like wind it's free
Like a gambler cheats you at the table
Seduces you with fantasies
Is it in you or is it in me?
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 42 sec read
- 1 View
Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABCADADAEFFGHIHJAAAKLAK |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 705 |
Words | 138 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"What Poetry Is" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 13 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/90707/what-poetry-is>.
Discuss the poem What Poetry Is with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In