Poetry cannot be imprisoned in one definition and therefore… - Menotti Lerro

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Poetry cannot be imprisoned in one definition and therefore I myself would have a lot of them, yet no definite and certain definition. I will define, consequently, this literary genre in a different way in comparison with my previous definitions. To being with, I would say that poetry itself is a tool that defines us and the universe, because it is quintessence. (Defining Poetry. From The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011, p. 1)

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Menotti Lerro (born February 22, 1980) is an Italian poet, writer, playwright, critic, librettist and academic. In 2020 he founded the Empathic Movement (Empathism).

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Alternative Names: Menotti Augusto Serse Lerro

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