What do you think is the definition of poetry?

answers1: Poetry (Or Poetic thought), I think, is the most
self-satisfying thing yet to be discovered by humans. <br>
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So, I'd say, keeping in tone with all great quotes, "Poetry is the
self-content search for beauty in the simplest aspect of things".
answers2: In most types of language, the meaning is important - but
the words don't matter. <br>
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"Straight ahead, across the roundabout, then the third on your left". <br>
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"Drive through the traffic lights, take the second exit from the
roundabout, then turn left down Ashburnham Road." <br>
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Both of those are normal language statements, and both mean exactly
the same thing. <br>
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We call something 'poetry' when the words start to matter; when there
isn't another way of saying the same thing: <br>
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"I never lost so much but twice, <br>
And that was in the sod." <br>
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There isn't another way of saying that: if you alter the words, you
change the meaning. <br>
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'Poetry' is language where the precise words matter; where the
language becomes opaque. <br>
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There are several different reasons why a poet might choose to make
the language opaque. There are even different degress of how opaque
the language needs to be, before you need to start calling it poetry.
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If the exact words matter - it is poetry. <br>
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If only the meaning matters (you can say it a different way, and not
change anything important), it isn't poetry.
answers3: It's a way to express. :)
answers4: Poetry to me is an expression of one's feeling or
thoughts... its as simple as that.