Thomas Poetry is hard to define, but it is easy to spot.
Most people know when they see it, since poetry has a distinctive form.
It is written in lines, rather than in sentences. However, form is only a part of what makes poetry special. Poetry has a special musical quality and also uses language in imaginative ways to create vivid word pictures. Most poems are charged with emotion and packed with meaning or insight into life. Thoughtful readers can often make connections between the poems and their own lives.