Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and that's what a poet is doing: loosening the words.

Poetry is play. I'd even rather have you think of it as a sport. For instance, like football.