"I would define, in brief, the Poetry of words as The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty."
— Poetry

January 1, 1970

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Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle (1850). — Often quoted as "Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words".