The work of poetry

Poetry is looking about with a torch backstage.

Poetry doesn't enter by the front door declaring itself. It uses the back door, climbs in through windows, or drops down the chimney.

Poetry unbridles words from their hackneyed uses. It lets them out to find fresh fields. 

 

A poem is a poem

Having an idea to write a poem about something produces a dull work that is not truly poetry, but rather prosaic - even if it has used within it poetic devices.

Real poetry comes from something that wakes up inside us.