what is poetry?

[Lightning Rod]

what is poetry but an economy of words?
if two syllables will convey your meaning
why use six?

the ultimate poetry is grunts and grimaces
words beyond meaning
twisted in their syntax

say more with less and you are a poet
grant the details
the imagination writes poetry, not the mind.

[dadio]

That is it. Spot on. R.I.P LR.

[still.trucking]

beats me
what it is
like a hit of acid for me
language stripped down to its dna
it's magic

till my last ragged breath I will read it and try to write it
with a little tolerance from my friends
Clay was always kind to me, my autistic attempts at poetry