What is poetry?

If I had to enter that Poetry Competition... (which I'm not).

Roses are red,

Violets are blue;

What's the colour of confusion?

I haven't a clue.

What is poetry?

Is writing an art?

Pouring out your soul,

Straight from your heart?

Is poetry emo?

I really don't know.

You can write about anything, really.

From pink rabid monkeys,

To your grand-auntie Flo.

What is poetry?

Do poems have to rhyme?

I can't imagine thinking so much,

To write line after line.

Many people ask,

"Is poetry gay?"

Like William Shakespeare,

I think they swing both ways.

Maybe it is,

But what does it matter?

Gay or straight,

Maybe it's the latter.

Most poetry is serious,

Do they have to be?

I like fun poems,

They're what count, for me.

From C.S. Lewis,

To Edgar Allen Poe,

Give poetry a shot,

You never know.

A four-leaved clover

Symbolises good luck;

My life may be over,

If I get hit by a truck.

Roses are red, 

Violets are blue;

Just for reading this, 

I want to thank you.