POETRY: EXPLAINED
Flashy. Unpredictable. Exciting. In other words, freestyle. Just the same as streetball and freestyle rap, unorthodox factions of their original forms. Ironically, these are also the purest forms of the art. They are original, unlike the mindless perfection churned out by so-called "masters" of the art. After all, art exists to entertain and to make an impact. It is not a science, with a universal correctness. Poetry is freestyle literature, no more, no less.
A poem is like the multi-tiered underground transport system. Superficially, it communicates a worded message, something definite, not unlike prose. On a deeper level, poetry's most defining characteristic is its flavour, the taste it leaves in your mouth upon reading the last word. A classic poem about love and twisted fates wrench at your heart. A melancholic verse that cries out at injustice and outrage fills a reader's heart with righteous passion. A silly child's adventure could move the most stoic of men to teary chuckles. If you read a poem, it implants itself in your heart. There is no turning back.
