English-Italian translations for poetry

• poesia
  Non è con la poesia che si organizza la politica quotidiana, non è con la poesia, e oggi vi chiedo una cosa: siamo seri. Poetry will not organise everyday politics, not poetry, and today I ask you one thing: to be serious.
  In fondo, c'è bisogno anche di immaginazione e poesia. We too need a little imagination and poetry.
  Perché non siamo riusciti a trasmettere poesia alla politica. Because we have not been able to instill poetry into politics.

Definition of poetry

• Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm
• A poet's literary production

Examples

• That Swan Lake choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovskis divine score well beyond the literary inspiration

Related words

• antipoetry
• poetry slam
• poetry anthology
• anthology of poetry
• write poetry
• lyric poetry
• shape poetry
• concrete poetry
• epic poetry