Category: Poetry

poetry |ˈpəʊɪtri|

noun [ mass noun ]

literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
• a quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems
• something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty

ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta ‘poet’. In early use the word sometimes referred to creative literature in general.

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Unbearable

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The lumbering beast was great but gaunt
Bedraggled fur it could no longer flaunt
With uneven patches, like a vagabond’s coat
Though beggars would avoid a land so remote
In that vast desolation there are no alms
Even sensitive people seldom have qualms
Or care about the struggle to survive, day-to-day
Of these creatures whose habitat is so far away Continue reading “Unbearable”