Poets and Poetry

Since poetry is so varied, I'm not sure there's an easy answer to that. Rhymed or unrhymed, adherence (or not) to meter, approach to language (so-called "language poets" focus on the sounds of words; meaning is relatively--or completely--unimportant).

But I think a sense of rhythm helps, as well as the ability to convey feelings or ideas. I suspect it may have more to do with writing music than with writing, say, a text book, but I'm not sure.

Good question!

Interesting comments. I never associated poetry writing with music writing.