What makes a poem … a poem? - Melissa Kovacs

What exactly makes a poem … a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs shares three recognizable characteristics of most poetry.

Lesson by Melissa Kovacs, animation by Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC.
#poetry

[nanayang]

I don't know why but I am so glad that there's something machine cannot do while we can

[gracegrass]

I've always liked Emily Dickinson's definition: "If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry."

[iromosushi]

As a translator, poems are the hardest pieces to translate but the eagerness to share it's beauty pushes us

[ffn]

I've written hundreds of poems. I can't even count them. Always writing more. It's my great passion. I love reading others' poems too. My great fear is that I'll never be able to share them with an audience, stuck forever in my seclusion, obscure and hidden. Or worse, I will find a way to put it all out there only to be disregarded, rejected, or ridiculed.

[jithyaw]

This is why I don't completely understand people who think music lyrics or short poems on instagram aren't poetry. To me, it feels like it's everywhere, and can be made by anyone in anyway about anything. There aren't really any rules, which, I think, is what makes poetry its own unique thing.

[tanweer]

The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep,
And poems to write before I sleep

[opencabinets]

my teacher is gonna make us watch this in class I can smell it

[FidaAifiya]

my classmate in middle school when asked to create and read his poem in front of the class, stood quiet for a moment then said, "that was my poem, titled 'Quiet'."

Edit: the teacher told him to write an actual poem and perform again 😂

By the way this is my most successful youtube comment ever haha

[whenyousmileismiletoo]

Everyone writes so beautifully
Its so hard for me to put things down on paper

[shantcheetah]

I genuinely believe that everyone is a poet. We all have our unique perspectives on life that are formulated by our personal experiences.

[gustoeriolas]

Video title: What makes a poem...a poem?


Comment section: You know I'm somewhat of a poet myself!!

[holestdrillpresschannel]

Roses are gray,
Violets are gray,
I´m colorblind,
what shall I say...

[mazenhamad]

"Poetry is what gets lost in translation."

[isabelleliu]

1. Poem emphasize language's musical qualities 1:01
2. Poems use condensed language 1:13
3. Poems often features intense feelings 1:20

Are songs poems? 2:10
Enter the prose poem 3:03
Conclusion: the evolvement of poetry 4:00

[wanderingyourway]

This comment section is a fraternity of poets! I hope we all could meet and share all these in person. But for now whoever's reading this- You're an awesome poet. cheers!

[BellaVita]

For some reason, I was brought almost to tears learning that robots can, in fact, NOT mimic humans in the area of poetry. It makes my heart swell to know this. <3

[ElephantWhisperer]

Roses are red, BB-8 is round, it's over Anakin I have the high ground.

[erkkalehtonen]

hi
bye

that is a poem about my lovelife :(

[bobtaub]

GOOD POETRY

We love to read good poetry
It’s such a joy to see
When written by a poet’s heart
We know it will be good from the start.

As a poet, you see must write with feeling
If to the reader it will be appealing
And the poet knows he must write it well
If to hold the reader under It’s spell.

“A good poet is one that writes from the HEART”

R. Taub May12, 2015

[kartikr]

1930s poets(being simple): today I ate spaghetti...


2021 teachers: spaghetti represents pain and suffering..