Poety has taught me

Many wonderful things.

From songs,

To haikus,

Each has given to me

A different view

Of the world.

Songs breathe rhythm

Into flat words

And limericks

Can give merry rhyming

To a boring stanza.

Through history,

Through cultures,

And through languages,

Poems have spread

Influencing the way

We think about problems

And treat others

In our lives.

Poem have been,

And always will be,

The best way

To convey

Literary meaning.