I heard one definition of poetry that I thought was amazing.

"The writers attempt to explain what otherwise is unexplainable."

And I liked that because it gave a sort of complicated nature along with a conflicting simple nature to poetry. A lot of times people think that just trying to describe their emotions about something is poetry, and personally it's really BORING poetry if it is poetry at all. There's nothing wrong with writing it, just don't post it to bore others. Interesting poetry is usually about a single concept or idea being described in a new fashion with colorful imagery and intricate diction. Poetry should flow or become choppy in coordination with the idea. If I'm talking about someone who got his head lopped off for planting white roses, I'll probably start with something flowing and smooth for planting the roses and then it'd become choppy for the part where the queen says "Off with your head" if that makes sense. Poetry is more than words and rhyming, it's also rhythm and how well you play the readers senses.