When is it poetry?

[temperance14]

When is it poetry?

When you write, for yourself, when is it poetry?
What do you require of your writing, to make something different from your prose? Or, for you, is there a difference among any genre of your creative and/or expressive writing (no, creative and expressive are not the same--not always).

When is it poetry for you, when you read.
What do you demand from your poets? What do you need from your poets?
What do you need, if any need, from your poetry or other writing?

Joan wants to leave, time to go!
Later.

Comments

[barnabas-truman.livejournal.com]

I've never found a good formal definition for poetry, but I think the above post counts as an example.

[ribbin.livejournal.com]

When the sound of the words becomes important in addition to the meaning, the imagery and the nuance, then you have poetry.

[ribbin.livejournal.com]

When the sound of the
Words becomes important
In addition to the meaning
the imagery
and the nuance

Then you have poetry.

[ribbin.livejournal.com]

When the sound of the words becomes important (in addition to the meaning, the imagery and the nuance), then you have poetry.

[ribbin.livejournal.com]

you have poetry.
When
in addition to the meaning,
and
then
the imagery
the sound
the nuance,
of the words becomes important

[barnabas-truman.livejournal.com]

Does it still count as poetry when the sound, imagery, and nuance of the words become important instead of the meaning?