Poetry--Pretty Words and More

A visual image by Carl Sandburg  I'm not able to bypass Word Poetry Day 2018. OK, I hear groans from those who think they don't like poetry. Stop groaning and keep reading. I've heard naysayers utter things like Ahhh, poetry is a bunch of pretty words that mean nothing. The first part of that statement is true but I take exception to the rest. 'Pretty words' is a succinct description but