Well expressed in the meaning of each individual person and the idea is that each had the answer is within ones view of what is poetry. The combination and thoughts are merged, but ultimately the end seals everything together...

The answer is definitely in the effort to provide one :-) and this reader enjoyed them all.

Aberjhani

Love the ambiguity of the final couplet, whether this relates to that Julia Roberts' Mona Lisa inner-smile or the work of the poetry itself. This reads like a gospel account of a band of happy poetry-pilgrims, exchanging their evolving emotions, ideas and observations of inner and outer worlds before trundling away again in their unique creative vehicles of choice... xx

Creative definitions of poetry, Jude. I especially like the ending stanzas. I also like the casual feel to the imagery. Hugs~
Sheila

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Happy Holidays, Jude !! <3 Phyllis <3

We English think we have a word for everything--500,000 and growing strong.

Ron

The words unsaid speak the loudest...Jude I love this! :)

Masterful answers
for poetry is all that and some
Thank You Jude for this sparkling gem
Peace be with you
Merry Christmas

William

A sensitive poetic narrative

Powerful. I think poetry is all you have mentioned above and much more.

Suggestive. . . . .
Where does the breeze come in?
Where does a circle begin?

smiling and remaining silent :) nice to sit around the metaphorical campfire tonight and be warmed by the words you weave, Dawn

Gorgeous, Robert! Strophes and rules and rhymed age aside, your chemistry of sounded alphabet rocked me into ... me! Of all places! Maybe I should damn you. :)

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

The master poet has spoken and now we know. We always thought we did but now we do for sure. I raise my glass to you Jude.

So beautifully worded and expressed. Poetry to me is the wings that let me soar to experience places my earthly feet will not reach. HUGS! SC

Splendid Jude...I think poetry is the colors of a poet's soul...

Carole~

Whew--a gorgeous meditation on the whys and wherefores of word magic.
Thanks so much for posting.
Juliet

Poetry is ... different things to different poets. Thank God. :) Well done, JudeAce!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Poetry is creative expression of the yearnings and ideas, of one's head and heart! Thanks for yours, Jude!

Hello Jude,

Superlative!!


Best regards,

Lance

Jude,

To me it's a world within a world where every heart and soul can dwell in peace. A place where cruelty does not exist and life is a treasure to savour. Your Poem/Story is quite a gem my friend. Peace, Love and Blessings Always Paul.

Poetry brings people like you into lives that need to feel and hear the thoughts that you are sending. You lift people's spirits, you make them think and you make them feel. That is what poetry is all about.
You do all of this for me and more.
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"

Poetry can break the limitations of time
Hope is not the only a desire of loving
It’s also the symbol of life and death
Poetry can break the limitation of that
Experiences of loss has no limitations
It shows feelings of love, sympathy and hate
Of anger, longing and regrets
Poetry can dribble down your soul
As the mind continues to roam
Resisting temptations of another kind
Poetry can break the limitations of space
Thoughts pregnant, naked
I sit by the window of life
Temptation…one universe
But galaxies apart
Begging your planet to pass by
Poetry can break limitations of time
Hope not only a desire of living
But the symbol of love!

Love Tinka

this makes me think it does not matter, but whats great is that these people came together with their opinions.......because the very essence of poetry was a part of them, so each was right, and its amazing that folks in the three dimensional word would care enough to initiate such a dialogue....I wish I had friends like that lol ......I get my poetic interaction soley on the net......pax A

You have the gift Jude! Bless You! Jasmin Horst

what an incredible offering--poetry is indeed all of this!!

Breath taking! ~ Sara

Hey Jude,this is a great poem you have written.Everybody on this earth is a poet even if some people may not believe that they are poets themselves or have experience writing poems.Poetry is one of the most creative and unique gifts that all of us have.Writing poetry is like doing yoga.A sheet of paper or the computer screen with a blank document is the mat and we use your thoughts and minds to stretch them out and take us to a place of our own fill with creative expression.I am proud to be a poet and a writer and everyone here at the Den is proud to be one as well,take care

Edwin

The question is expressively done through your interesting poem. Poetry is all encompassing, all around us everywhere we look--absorbed and processed by the soul and turned into pictures that our pen shares with others.

Poetry is all that we are, see, sense, feel, know and imagine, confined within the constraints of words. Could anyone truly describe a rose to someone who has never known one? Poetry is, perhaps, just a stimulus for the memories or imaginings of the reader. This is a beautiful offering, Jude, presented to those of us who have abandoned the search for the answer and let our heart and soul pour our gift for words onto the page.
Take care,
Sherry

"...what is poetry?..." you told us just now!
A perfect campfire where I would have been very happy to participate.

Georg

Very nicely done, we strive to explain poetry to those who don't understand that it is a way of life...
fee

Poetry is the world around us for it contains everything in it.

Jude, this is incredibly beautiful.

"expressing words they could never speak" pretty well says it, Jude.

I like the various opinions,each is valid and shows that poetry can't be described as a fixed idea but is ever evolving in different ways that keep it ever new and somewhat mysterious...
superb poem. Jude...

excellent, love it...

"What is poetry?"

Poetry is you & me and all those budding poets and non-poets going through their daily lives...poetry is life...ed

This is an excellentpoem... the dialogue makes it very real and honest.