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Vimala C. Pasupathi, Author

This comment was written by Dayna Troisi on 31 Jan 2016.

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what is a poem?

According to the online dictionary on my iMac,a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.
In my own words, a poem is an art form that is not completely reliant on action/plot. It is also reliant on feeling, sound, and rhythm. A poem, to me, is a meditation, a chance to reflect upon what it means to live. The possibilities for a poem are limitless and it is hard to come up with a concrete definition.
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