Poets on Poetry: The most artistic and creative form of writing, we have a selection of poems from those artistic and creative minds about poetry itself

Who has not tried to write a poem? The poetic form of words seems to be rather easy. In its basic form, which we learn as children, the rhyming couplet is, in a child's written and spoken words, pure joy - success! In the hands of a Shakespeare it is magnificent with a reach and understanding that the rest of us enjoy but are far from even attempting.

As we listen to various poetic forms, schools and movements we can only react with wonder at how these innocent words are assembled to create...