to define poetry is misguided
for words need not form
need no structure
their meaning when placed together as intended
from emotion and mind's eye
gives life to something more than a definition

the first poems
ever written
were words intended for song
crafted from stories of days long gone
an aid in remembrance of sorts

what makes words
what gives something meaning
thoughts summoned from feelings and past experience
hardships and lessons learnt
love even

what makes us read the poem
an expectation of something more
a need to understand more
about what we do not know

what do we know?