What is a Poem?

What is a Poem?

What is a poem?

What makes it good?

What makes one decide?

Is it written like it should?

Does it tell a story?

Does it break your heart?

Does it give its meaning at the start?

Does it go like this

From line to line

Forced to have meaning,

Forced to rhyme?

Or does it flow more

Have more feeling,

Have no meaning.

Must you pour out your soul?

Must you keep it inside?

What is a poem?

That is for the author to decide.