poetry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Writing arranged in lines, often with rhythm or rhyme, that expresses feelings and ideas.

   More people write poetry than read it.

2. 2
   noun

   A graceful, beautiful quality in something that stirs the emotions.

   The dancer moved with such grace that it was pure poetry.

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.

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