Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics.

Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.[1] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasised the aesthetics which distinguish poetry
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The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
Shine your Icy Crown (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #2)
Home Is Not a Country
Black Girl, Call Home
Amber and Clay
My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between
We Belong
A little sunshine and a little rain: A Poetry Journal
Simon B. Rhymin'
The Seventh Raven
Your Heart My Sky
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i am tired of being a dandelion
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    Septuagenarian: Love Is What Happens When I Die
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    Life on the Run: The Reverses of Life

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    The White Book
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    What Kind of Woman
    Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
    World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
    The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
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    I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
    Black Girl, Call Home
    Little Weirds
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