poetry is
an artist
brush stroke
across a written page

words in symetry

colors of their own

magical verse

when you've known birth
and death

when you've known love won
and lost

when you've known sunshine
and darkness

when you've known flowers
and barren ground

when you've known the wind
and calmness

when you've been fed
and your hungry

you know poetry

every color
an artist can create
a poet knows
and shows
in his mind
a poet will find
poetry

green grass
blue skys
purple nights
red lips
blue eyes
goodbyes
hello's
yellows
peacock colors
rainbows
halo's
hell no's
a poet knows
in his soul

everything
from here to there
a poets stare
will find
in his mind
life ain't so kind
a poet knows
a poet shows
the memories
behind his/hers eyes
memories
of yesterday
of today
of tomorrow
knowin' ya' cain't borrow
from what ya' don't know

poetry is...
a word
or two
3 would do
"i love you"

poetry comes from poets
old song singers
old writers
with a heart
apart
from
others

poetry is...
a poem

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