Poetry is like the stars one cannot see in the daytime. It is a sense of fright in the night. It is metrical but does not need to be symmetrical. It is rhythmic, but does not need to rhyme. It is knowledge that precedes sentience but lags behind sensitivity. It is fuelled by consternation and ****** by flocculation. It is ambiguity; it is obscurity; it is enigma.
An updated, modified version of the poem original published as The Mystery of Poetry.