poetry

noun

Etymology: 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.

1. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

   “More people write poetry than read it.”

2. A poet's literary production.
3. An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

   “That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.”