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A serious question: Why is this not a poem?

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Still the question isn't how to use that to make a poem. Pretty much any words can be added to to create a poem. The question is at what point do words go from being words and become a poem.

Laura through use of post-modern reductionism and a strong title created a poem from one word, space and punctuation.

Kat's assertion that poetry is indefinable concerns me a bit. I think to some degree she might be right. Leanne spoke of this with a piece she posted a while ago that was 'ruined' in the explanation.

Is poetry, much as Leanne's poem, ruined when it is defined?

by Anstey on Mar. 2 2008