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What does poetry mean?

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Noun
  1. The class of literature comprising poems.
  2. Composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns.
  3. A poet's literary production
  4. A 'poetical' quality, artistic and/or artfull, which appeals or stirs the imagination, in any medium
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It made the language he spoke sound harsh, abrupt, awkward, without poetry.
So impassioned am I about Croydon that I have put together a poetry book all about it.
Who is it that decides which novels, biographies, poetry and children's books do get published?
The poetry press I had run for about twenty years was in abeyance but submissions continued to arrive and one day I got this.
The first issue features an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, and photographs tucked between the covers of a neat and stylish A5 booklet.
Of course poetry is also, even largely, driven by metaphor and image, in a host of ways.

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