* WHAT DOES POETRY MEAN TO YOU? *

well, hello... I'm leah your host and you have just won a grand prize! just kidding :).. poetry to me, means having an escape from reality...

anyone else wanna share?

Poetry has become an essntial branch of art to me that I cannot live without
(not taken literally...it's metaphorically, of course, don't want to seem like one of THOSE people)

It's an emotional flood of the soul, emotional recognition, or just humerous meaningless fun (and many, many other things)
It's an incredibe thing when handled skillfully and a beautiful way to cope with tragedies, or celebrate glories.

To me poetry is a way to express my true feelings. I only have one person i can truely talk to and even to her i have to keep secrets. Through poetry i hide nothing it comes out and make me feel so good. So poetry is a sorta of escape for me.

poetry is a way to spill out my thoughts and ponderings which I am too lazy to scribble down in a journal.

My poetry is merely a physical extension of my mental state :o)

Poetry is like a diary to me, a way of getting my thoughts out

poetry is a tool of expression.

It is the only thing that keeps me sane really. It helps me so much when I write

Can one truly express their feelings on poetry through words? Can one truly express feelings alone through words? A question which brings no answers raises a thousand more questions.

I try to let out feelings through words, and yeah it kinda helps but some things just cant be let out.

i never really wrote poetry till i started cutting myself my friend got my started on writing so i would quit and i have, havent done it since, and so poetry is an exscape the pain, i cant seem to handle

poetry is the only thing stoppin my from shouting my feelings, thoughts, and emotions for everyone to hear.

God bless poetry

XD

Poetry: putting in a nutshell the experience of a bombshell! Damn, I gota patent that one - cheers, Mel.

Vix: Ah... you fail to see my point... obviously you are one who cannot read between lines...

Can one TRULY express their feelings on poetry through words?

Notice the capitals...

It is also a question... Can you really express your feelings in words?

You may think you can... but feelings are put into words for lack of knowledge...

You cannot truly put feelings into words... for they are FEELINGS...

They are incomparable...

Just as your ass is incomparable to your face... or is it?

Ahhh Nobody LMAO :o) I'll keep my nose outta this one...

I just wanted to say how impressed I am with peoples poetic expressions of what poetry means to them - the words some of you have used in describing what poetry is to you are beautiful :o)

=Eirisa=

Poetry to me is a release from the world, even if it may be for alittle while at a time. It helps me cope with things going on around me and in my life. Everything I write comes from my heart, making me feel better because words my heart wanted to say are said within a simple rhyme or line. Its a way to express myself, and be who I am.
-CrypticTears

May I remind you that you started it!

*four year old jumps up and down pointing his finger*

Defensiveness is one way to learn and grow... How am I ever supposed to challenge my theories, if they never come out of their shell?

To me, poetry means letting go my emotions, releasing me feelings, getting out my rage. It's a place I can escape into a world of my own.

Poetry, is love. Poetry is a way of expressing your feelings. good or bad. You can basically right poetry on anything.

Jo

poetry is a way to let it all out or sort of a way to tell others how im feeling without having to be judged straight off, u no wat i meen?

poetry is a good way to let out your feelings. some poems are meant to be kept to yourself and others it dosent matter eitherway.

poetry to me is a discovery device. it helps me discover me.

expression of feelings and what I am unable to say flat out, something to keep me stable.

poetry to me is a way for me to express my true feelings that i sometimes keep hidden under my skin
it gives me a reliefe to be writing them...

poetry to me is expressing my feelings

poetry to me is expressing my feelings

Wow! Good question. to me is a door to my heart my toughts, feelings that can not be expressed openly in a coversation. Is an Universe where many of us know and r blessed to have it and with out it we would be lost.To us is Hope,is strength,is Life.

poetry is art. art is poetry. lol okay.. that sounds idiotic. oh well. scratch that.

poetry is a way to escape, especially by expressing your emotions and feelings through words. poetry, to me, let's you tell a story of anything: your experiences, your ideas, or just pure imagination.. it's amazingly beautiful.

expressing myself, and escaping reality.

letting all my emotions come out and having a flow to the poems, but mostly its about feeling

Poetry to me is something that is a work of art because it is nothing but the expression of your thoughts and feelings at that time. To one person, your poem can mean nothing. But to you it has a world of meaning because you wrote it.

Poetry Means Alot To Me, I'm At a Lost For Words When It Comes To Typing Its Description, I've Learned To Live And Breath Poetry, And Love The Essence Of Something Even Greater Than Me :) xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

This is a Poem that My Niece and I wrote and this is what poetry means 2 me.

Untouchable World (english)
by Noraida

How can i explain,
the way this makes me feel.
To live in this world
where i can just be real.

I can express my feelings
with so much liberty
For i know that in this world
i cannot fall into defeat.

In here i can laugh
and i can also cry.
I can speak about true love
or of the things that i despise.

When i share all these feelings
no one tells me its enough
No one hides their true feelings
even when things get rough.

Another soul to touch,
so very deep
When of life or of death
they hear me speak.

I invite you to this world
where every one is free.
Please enter this world...
this is my world of poetry...

poem by: noraida
edited by: glendaliz....aka ..: PoEtEsS:

Please let me know what u think

Poetry means an escape from the real world and imagine what life is outside the box =D wow. that sounds weird. Well, its how I cope with all these different feelings I get. And since I get moodswings often, I keep switching from sad poetry and love poetry.

Hopes, thoughts, dreams, aspirations, experience, history, disappointments, concerns and emotions.

Or you might say: -

The Sweet
The Sour
The Bitter
The Spicy
The Salty
The Hot
The Cold
The Tender
The Overdone

poetry jus means alot, coz i can express how i feel and its kinda a way that i can communicate with my friends!!
xx