Definitions of Poetry That I Came Across While Reading Some Articles on Websites

I came across some wonderful definitions of Poetry while reading an article on HubPages. I enjoyed reading them and thought of sharing some of those quotes with you. I am including one of my definitions also as pointed out by that author.

"Poetry is a gentle river flowing through a rocky and mountainous landscape of prose."

—Jodah aka John Hansen

"Poetry is movement; words shifting around within the writer's soul, coming together in harmonious messages, which move into the reader's soul." —Janshares

"Poetry can tell us what human beings are. It can tell us why we stumble and fall and how, miraculously, we can stand up." —Maya Angelou

"Poetry is the universal language the heart holds with nature and itself." ---William Hazlitt

"Poetry is indeed something divine." —Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Poetry is the mind, body, and soul coming together to say what the heart feels." —JThomp42

"Poetry... is the flow of innate feelings through some tuned syllables." —Venkatachari M

"If you listen, the Universe sings with majesty to its own rhapsodies." —Manatita44

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility." —William Wordsworth